logbook + json + filehandler for django

statslogger.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import os

from logbook import Logger, TimedRotatingFileHandler
from logbook.queues import ThreadedWrapperHandler

from django.conf import settings
from django.core.serializers.json import simplejson


def json_formatter(record, handler):
    return simplejson.dumps(record.message)

def get_logger(name="root"):
    logger = Logger(name)

    file_path = os.path.join(settings.STATS_LOG_FILEPATH, "%s.log" % name)

    handler = ThreadedWrapperHandler(
        TimedRotatingFileHandler(file_path, date_format="%Y-%m-%d-%Hhs")
    )
    handler.formatter=json_formatter
    logger.handlers.append(handler)
    return logger