Configuring multiple loggers in a file - accompanying blog post: https://blog.muya.co.ke/configuring-multiple-loggers-python/

logger.py

import logging

from logging import FileHandler
from logging import Formatter

LOG_FORMAT = (
            "%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s]: %(message)s in %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d")
LOG_LEVEL = logging.INFO

# messaging logger
MESSAGING_LOG_FILE = "/tmp/wasted_meerkats/messaging.log"


messaging_logger = logging.getLogger("wasted_meerkats.messaging")
messaging_logger.setLevel(LOG_LEVEL)
messaging_logger_file_handler = FileHandler(MESSAGING_LOG_FILE)
messaging_logger_file_handler.setLevel(LOG_LEVEL)
messaging_logger_file_handler.setFormatter(Formatter(LOG_FORMAT))
messaging_logger.addHandler(messaging_logger_file_handler)

# payments logger
PAYMENTS_LOG_FILE = "/tmp/wasted_meerkats/payments.log"
payments_logger = logging.getLogger("wasted_meerkats.payments")

payments_logger.setLevel(LOG_LEVEL)
payments_file_handler = FileHandler(PAYMENTS_LOG_FILE)
payments_file_handler.setLevel(LOG_LEVEL)
payments_file_handler.setFormatter(Formatter(LOG_FORMAT))
payments_logger.addHandler(payments_file_handler)

wasted_meerkats.py

from logger import messaging_logger
from logger import payments_logger

messaging_logger.info("The meerkats are drunk!")

payments_logger.info("Who knows where they got the money?!")