====== Logging ======

**General Information**

Using the logging module to output to a log file and the console. 

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====== Usage ======

Run the logging_example.py script to see output to the console and a log file.
<code bash>
./logging_example.py
</code>

\\
Displayed on the console<code bash>CRITICAL Urgent message! Display in log AND console.</code>

\\
Written to log file<code bash>[2018-07-08 23:05:53,148] INFO [__main__:50] Testing info level message.
[2018-07-08 23:05:53,149] CRITICAL [__main__:51] Urgent message! Display in log AND console.</code>

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====== The Code ======

<code python logging_example.py>
#!/usr/bin/python

####---- Logging Configuration ----####
LOGGING_CONFIG = { 
    'version': 1,
    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
    'formatters': {
        'verbose': {
            'format' : "[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s [%(name)s:%(lineno)s] %(message)s",
        },
        'simple': {
            'format': '%(levelname)s %(message)s',
        },
    },  
    'handlers': {
        'logfile': {
            'level': 'INFO',
            'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
            'filename': '/var/log/test.log',
            'maxBytes': 500000000, # 500 MB
            'backupCount': 10, 
            'formatter': 'verbose',
        },
        'console': {
            'level': 'CRITICAL',
            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
            'formatter': 'simple',
        },
    },  
    'loggers': {
        '__main__': {
            'handlers': ['logfile', 'console'],
            'level': 'DEBUG',
            'propagate': True,
        },
    },  
}
####---- End of Logging Config ----####

# Logging Module with config capabilities
import logging.config

# Create logging instance
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

# Load logging configuration
logging.config.dictConfig(LOGGING_CONFIG)

# Send log messages
logger.info("Testing info level message.")
logger.critical("Urgent message! Display in log AND console.")
</code>

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