Configuring python logging with colorlog

logging_color.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# =============================================================================
# @file   logging_color.py
# @author C. Marin Benito ([email protected])
# @date   16.03.2016
# =============================================================================
"""
This functions configures a logger using logging and colorlog
and returns the logger for further usage
By default, time, name of the logger and message with the default
colorlog color scheme are printed.
The threshold level for displaying messages and the format of the
logger can be configured with the lvl and format arguments
"""

import logging
import colorlog


def conf_log(name, lvl=logging.DEBUG, format=None):
    if not format:
        format = "  %(asctime)s - %(name)s | %(log_color)s%(levelname)-8s%(reset)s | %(log_color)s%(message)s%(reset)s"
    logging.root.setLevel(lvl)
    formatter = colorlog.ColoredFormatter(format)
    stream = logging.StreamHandler()
    stream.setLevel(lvl)
    stream.setFormatter(formatter)
    logger = logging.getLogger(name)
    logger.setLevel(lvl)
    logger.addHandler(stream)
    return logger