django-log-viewer 1.1.6

Django log viewer

Django Log Viewer allows you to read & download log files in the admin page by using DataTables. This project was modified from: https://bitbucket.org/inkalabsinc/django-log-viewer

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Quick start

1. Django Log Viewer is available directly from PyPI:

pip install django-log-viewer

2. Add "log_viewer" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    "log_viewer",
]

3. Include the log viewer URLconf in your project urls.py like this

path('logs/', include('log_viewer.urls')),

4. In your settings.py file create the following value

LOG_VIEWER_FILES = ['logfile1', 'logfile2', ...]
LOG_VIEWER_FILES_PATTERN = '*.log*'
LOG_VIEWER_FILES_DIR = 'logs/'
LOG_VIEWER_PAGE_LENGTH = 25       # total log lines per-page
LOG_VIEWER_MAX_READ_LINES = 1000  # total log lines will be read
LOG_VIEWER_FILE_LIST_MAX_ITEMS_PER_PAGE = 25 # Max log files loaded in Datatable per page
LOG_VIEWER_PATTERNS = ['[INFO]', '[DEBUG]', '[WARNING]', '[ERROR]', '[CRITICAL]']
LOG_VIEWER_EXCLUDE_TEXT_PATTERN = None  # String regex expression to exclude the log from line

# Optionally you can set the next variables in order to customize the admin:
LOG_VIEWER_FILE_LIST_TITLE = "Custom title"
LOG_VIEWER_FILE_LIST_STYLES = "/static/css/my-custom.css"

5. Create/register the logging

import logging
logger = logging.getLogger('LoggerName')
logger.info('The info message')
logger.warning('The warning message')
logger.error('The error message')

6. Deploy static files by running the command

python manage.py collectstatic

7. Start the development server and visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/logs/