Sane Python logging

logging.py

# Setting up python logging is a pain in the but
# ...until you found this gist.
import logging
from logging.config import dictConfig as LOGGING_CONFIG

LOG_LEVEL = logging.INFO

LOGGING_CONFIG({
    'version': 1,
    'formatters': {
        'f': {'format': '%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'}
    },
    'handlers': {
        'h': {'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
              'formatter': 'f',
              'level': LOG_LEVEL}
    },
    'root': {
        'handlers': ['h'],
        'level': LOG_LEVEL,
    },
})

# anywhere in your code
# import logger
logger = logging.getLogger()
logger.info('we are logging to stdout with a nice format like we should be')