Basic logging configuration in Python

logging_example.py

import logging

logging.basicConfig(format='%(levelname)s:%(message)s')
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
log.setLevel(logging.INFO)


def main():
    log.info("Great info")
    log.debug("You won't see this")

    try:
        log.blarg
    except AttributeError:
        log.exception("The exception below looks scary, but everything worked!")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()