some useful django snippets for a smooth project start

settings-logging.py

# this is an extract of only loggin related stuff

ROOT_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
PATH_DATA = os.path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'data')
PATH_LOG = os.path.join(PATH_DATA, 'logs')

LOGGING = {
    'version': 1,
    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
    'formatters': {
        'verbose': {
            'format': '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(module)s %(process)d %(thread)d %(message)s'
        },
        'simple': {
            'format': '%(levelname)s %(message)s'
        },
    },
    'handlers': {
        'null': {
            'level':'DEBUG',
            'class':'django.utils.log.NullHandler',
        },
        'console':{
            'level': 'DEBUG',
            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
            'formatter': 'simple'
        },
        # I always add this handler to facilitate separating loggings
        'file':{
            'level': 'DEBUG',
            'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
            'filename': os.path.join(PATH_LOG, 'app.log'),
            'maxBytes': '16777216', # 16megabytes
            'formatter': 'verbose'
        },
        'mail_admins': {
            'level': 'ERROR',
            'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler',
            'include_html': True,
        }
    },
    'loggers': {
        'django': {
            'handlers':['null'],
            'propagate': True,
            'level':'INFO',
    },
        'django.request': {
            'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
            'level': 'ERROR',
            'propagate': False,
        },
        'gitploy': {
            'handlers': ['file'],
            'level': 'DEBUG',
            'propagate': True
        }
    },
    # you can also shortcut 'loggers' and just configure logging for EVERYTHING at once
    'root': {
        'handlers': ['file', 'console', 'mail_admins'],
        'level': 'DEBUG',
        'propagate': True
    },
}

settings-prod.py

# this is an extract for include the production settings file into normal settings file
# place this on the bottom to your settingy.py

try:
    from settings_prod import *
except:
    pass