Capture Python's stdout and stderr into a log file. This way you can simply use the print statement without any logger configuration. Great for quick prototyping or maintenance code where you need the log output on a web page instead of in a log file.

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Author: patrick dot senti at gmx dot net

Use as follows:

    capture = Capture('mylog.log')
    print "some log"
    log = capture.get_log()
    
You can also use it as part of a Django View, like so:

    capture = Capture('mylog.log')
    print "some log"
    return capture.show_log()
    
This will return a HttpResponse object with content_type="text/plain".
"""
class Capture(object):
    def __init__(self, name="capture.log"):
        self.log_name=name
        self.open_log()
            
    def open_log(self):
        try:
            self.log = open(os.path.join(settings.TMP_FOLDER, self.log_name), 'w')
            self.stdout = sys.stdout
            self.stderr = sys.stderr
            sys.stdout = self.log
            sys.stderr = self.log
        except:
            raise
        
    def close_log(self): 
        try:
            sys.stdout = self.stdout
            sys.stderr = self.stderr
            self.log.close()
        except:
            raise
        
    def get_log(self):
        try:
            self.close_log()
            self.log = open(os.path.join(settings.TMP_FOLDER, self.log_name), 'r')
            log = self.log.read()
            if log:
                out1 = log
            else:
                out1 = ""
        except Exception as e:
            out1 = "Capture.get_log: %s" % e
        return out1
        
    def show_log(self):
        response = HttpResponse(content_type="text/plain")
        try:
            response.write(self.get_log())
            return response
        except Exception as e:
            response.content("Capture.show_log: %s" % e)
            raise e