syslog test.py

import logging
import logging.handlers
import socket

log = logging.getLogger('hehehhee')
handler = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(address=('localhost', 514), socktype=socket.SOCK_STREAM)
log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
log.addHandler(handler)
log.info('1')
log.info('2')
log.info('3')
log.warning('4')
log.warning('5')
log.warning('6')
log.error('7')
log.error('8')
log.error('9')
log.exception('10')

# /var/log/syslog
# Sep 28 14:26:04 localhost.localdomain 1#000<14>2#000<14>3#000<12>4#000<12>5#000<12>6#000<11>7#000<11>8#000<11>9#000<11>10