create a log level for python logging module

[MRAB]

dj wrote:
> On Mar 31, 12:58 pm, MRAB <goo... at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>> dj wrote:
>>> On Mar 30, 4:18 pm, Vinay Sajip <vinay_sa... at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> 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
>>> I got the code setup, however, I still get an error for my custom log
>>> level.
>>> ############################### Python code
>>> #######################################################
>>> import sys, logging
>>> # log levels
>>> CRITICAL = 50
>>> ERROR = 40
>>> WARNING = 30
>>> USERINFO =25 # my custom log level
>>> INFO = 20
>>> DEBUG  = 10
>>> # define the range
>>> LEVEL_RANGE = range(DEBUG, CRITICAL +1)
>>> # level names
>>> log_levels = {
>>>     CRITICAL : 'critical',
>>>     ERROR : 'error',
>>>     WARNING : 'warning',
>>>     USERINFO : 'userinfo',
>>>     INFO : 'info',
>>>     DEBUG : 'debug',
>>>     }
>>> # associate names with our levels.
>>> for lvl in log_levels.keys():
>>>     logging.addLevelName(lvl, log_levels[lvl])
>>> # setup a log instance
>>> logger = logging.getLogger('myLog')
>>> logger.setLevel(CRITICAL)
>>> hdlr = logging.StreamHandler()
>>> hdlr.setLevel(CRITICAL)
>>> logger.addHandler(hdlr)
>>> # give it a try
>>> print 'write logs'
>>> logger.critical('this a critical log message')
>>> logger.userinfo('this is a userinfo log message')   #call custom log
>>> level
>>> ######################################### Output from my interpreter
>>> ##################################################
>>> Python 2.6 (r26:66721, Oct  2 2008, 11:35:03) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
>>> (Intel)]
>>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> Evaluating log_level_test.py
>>> write logs
>>> this a critical log message
>>> AttributeError: Logger instance has no attribute 'userinfo'
>>> I would love to know what I am doing wrong. Thanks again for your
>>> help, it is really appreciated.
>> I think that custom levels don't get their own method; you have to use:
>>
>>      logger.log(USERINFO, 'this is a userinfo log message')
>>
>> although you could add it yourself with, say:
>>
>>      setattr(logger, 'userinfo', lambda *args: logger.log(USERINFO, *args))
> 
> If it's not asking to much, could you show me how these would be
> used ?
> I tried on my own, but I keep getting errors.
> 
Have you read:

     http://www.python.org/doc/current/library/logging.html