debug.py

import coloredlogs, logging

# TODO: find library similar to `debug` in Node/NPM

def debug(name):
    logger = logging.getLogger(name)

    coloredlogs.install(level='DEBUG', logger=logger)

    return logger

if __name__ == "__main__":
    log = debug("debug:test")

    log.debug("this is a debugging message")
    log.info("this is an informational message")
    log.warning("this is a warning message")
    log.error("this is an error message")
    log.critical("this is a critical message")