logging python stuff

pylog.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import logging
import logging.handlers
import json

#
# http://docs.python.org/2/howto/logging-cookbook.html#implementing-structured-logging
#

class StructuredMessage(object):
        def __init__(self, message, **kwargs):
                self.message = message
                self.kwargs = kwargs

        def __str__(self):
                return '{} >>> {}'.format(self.message, json.dumps(self.kwargs))

#
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3968669/how-to-configure-logging-to-syslog-in-python
#

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format='%(message)s')
my_logger = logging.getLogger('MyLogger')
my_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

handler = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(address='/dev/log')

my_logger.addHandler(handler)

my_logger.critical('Unstructured Log')
my_logger.debug( StructuredMessage('testItem', foo='bar', bar='baz', num=123, f=123.456) )
my_logger.debug( StructuredMessage('testItem2', foo='bar', bar='baz', num=123, f=123.456) )