concisely get an easy to use logger

get_logger.py

import logging
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Union


def get_logger(log_path: Union[str, Path] = 'logfile.log', log_name: str = 'logger', log_level: int = logging.ERROR):
    """
    Standardized way to create a console and file logger in one.
    
    Args:
        log_path: Where to save the log file.
        log_name: Name of the logger to identify it.
        log_level: One of the logging levels to use. (logging.INFO, logging.DEBUG, 
            logging.WARN, logging.ERROR, or logging.CRITICAL)
        
    Return:
        Logger to use for reporting.
    """
    # get a logger to work with
    logger = logging.getLogger(log_name)

    # create a formtter to incude useful information
    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')

    # create both a file and stream handler
    fh = logging.FileHandler(log_path)
    sh = logging.StreamHandler()

    # add the handlers to the logger
    for hndlr in [fh, sh]:
        hndlr.setFormatter(formatter)
        logger.addHandler(hndlr)

    # set the log level for reporting
    logger.setLevel(log_level)

    return logger