syslogger.py

import logging
import logging.handlers
import argparse
import socket


def arguments():
  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(__file__, description='syslog logger')
  parser.add_argument("--address", "-n", default="localhost")
  parser.add_argument("--port", "-p", type=int, default=514)
  parser.add_argument("--tcp", "-t", action='store_true')
  parser.add_argument("message", nargs=1)
  
  return parser.parse_args()


if __name__ == '__main__':
  args = arguments()
  socktype = socket.SOCK_STREAM if args.tcp else socket.SOCK_DGRAM
  syslogger = logging.getLogger('SyslogLogger')
  syslogger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
  handler = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(
    address=(args.address, args.port), facility=19, socktype=socktype)

  syslogger.addHandler(handler)
  msg = args.message[0]
  print("{} {} {} {}".format(args.address, args.port, socktype, msg))
  syslogger.log(logging.INFO, msg)