ViewLogger 1.7.1

Log view hits over time so that you know who enter this view and when.

# View Logger

ViewLogger is a simple Django app Log view hits over time so that you know who enter this view and when.

## Installation

* Install the package
```sh
pip install ViewLogger
pip install unicodecsv
```
* Add Application to your project's INSTALLED_APPs
```python
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'....',
'ViewLogger',
)
```
* Add `ViewLogger.middleware.ViewLoggerMiddleware` to your Middleware classes .
```python
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'....',
'ViewLogger.middleware.ViewLoggerMiddleware',
)
```

* Run Migrations
```sh
python manage.py migrate ViewLogger
```

#### Notes
* To exempt urls add VIEWLOGGER_EXEMPTED_PATHS to your setting.py
```python
VIEWLOGGER_EXEMPTED_PATHS=["/worker",]
```

* To exempt views add VIEWLOGGER_EXEMPTED_VIEWS to your setting.py
```python
VIEWLOGGER_EXEMPTED_VIEWS=["worker",]
```

* To exempt parameters add VIEWLOGGER_EXEMPTED_PARAMETER to your setting.py
```python
VIEWLOGGER_EXEMPTED_PARAMETER=["password",]
```

* ViewLogger by dafualt log all requests (GET and POST), add VIEWLOGGER_METHODS in your setting.py to log certain method ,
```python
VIEWLOGGER_METHODS=["POST"]
```

* To archive/load ViewLogger_Log table add VIEWLOGGER_ARCHIVE_DIR to your setting.py
```python
VIEWLOGGER_ARCHIVE_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "ViewLoggerArchive")
```
Then run to archive data
```python
python manage.py ArchiveViewLoggerTable
```
you will find JSON file named From_(first date in ViewLogger table)_To_(last date in ViewLogger table).json file for example : From_2018-01-01_To_2018-12-01.json
and the table is empty now and the auto_increment is reset

or run to load the data you have archived from one file
```python
python manage.py LoadViewLoggerArchivedData.py --file=file_name
```
or more than one file
```python
python manage.py LoadViewLoggerTable.py --files="file1_name,file2_name,file3_name"
```

* To search in ViewLogger archived files
```python
python manage.py SearchInViewLoggerArchives --done_by=mahmood --done_on=2018-12-01
```
with parameter available with examples :
```python
--done_by=mahmood
--done_on=date
--url=path/to/view
--view_kwargs=key1=val1,key2=val2,
--view_args=arg1=val1,arg2=val2,
--view_name=view_name
--request_body=key1=val1,key2=val2,
--request_method=GET
```
the output will generate json object with the values for example :
```json
File = From_2018-01-01_To_2018-12-01.json
{
"view_args": [],
"view_kwargs": {
"testid": "40478"
},
"request_body": {
"requestby": "mahmood",
"resultcode": "1"
},
"url": "/path/to/view",
"done_on": "2018-12-01 12:12:12.142001",
"view_name": "Edit",
"done_by": "mahmood",
"request_method": "POST",
"id": 498
}
```
and you can save the putput in file for example :
```python
python manage.py SearchInViewLoggerArchives --done_by=mahmood --done_on=2018-12-01 > /path/to/output.json
```