create a log level for python logging module

Vinay Sajip vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk
Mon Mar 30 17:18:47 EDT 2009


On Mar 30, 4:13 pm, dj <d.a.aberna... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to create a log level called userinfo for the pythonlogging. I read the source code and tried to register the level to theloggingnamespace with the following source:
>
>              fromloggingimport Logger
>
>                          # create the custom log level
>                                   class userinfo(Logger):
>                                                def userinfo(self, msg,
> *args, **kwargs):
>                                                           if
> self.isEnabledFor(WARNING):
>
> self._log(WARNING, msg, args, **kwargs)
>
>                               # Register log level in thelogging.Logger namespace
>                               Logger.userinfo = userinfo
>
> Has I am sure you guessed, it did not work. If you know how this is
> done or know what I am doing work or can provide a link to example
> code (because I have not been able to locate any), I would greatly
> appreciate it.
> My sincere and heartfelt thanks in advance.

See the example script at

http://dpaste.com/hold/21323/

which contains, amongst other things, an illustration of how to use
custom logging levels in an application.

Regards,

Vinay Sajip



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