startLogger.py

from opencensus.ext.azure.log_exporter import AzureLogHandler

# function to initialize App Insights logger object
def startLogger():
	from opencensus.ext.azure.log_exporter import AzureLogHandler
	# Get Azure Monitor instrumentation key from environment variable
	instrumentation_key = os.environ.get('InstrumentationKey')

	# initialize logger object
	logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

	# define connection string attribute of logger object
	# this uses our Azure Monitor instrumentation key
	logger.addHandler(AzureLogHandler(
    # connection_string='InstrumentationKey=<your-key-here'
		connection_string=instrumentation_key
	))

	return logger