kleverklog 0.1.0

Klever KLog uses Apache Kafka to store your program log and provides a Kafka client to search, filter and navigate your logs.

While developing a program, have you ever scrolled and scrolled through your progam output looking for a trace buried in hundreds of lines of log? If so, kleverklog is for you.

Klever KLog uses Apache Kafka to store your program log and provides a Kafka client to search, filter and navigate your logs.

Usage

Note

Klever KLog currently only works with twisted logging system but expansion is under way.

To use Klever KLog, you need a Kafka server. It is easy to setup. You can run one locally, without root privileges. Just follow the quickstart instructions in the Kafka documentation.

In your program, send your logs to Kafka:

from kleverklog import KafkaLogService

# Somewhere in your program initialization
KafkaLogService.activate('localhost:9092')

Then, start the log viewer:

python -m kleverklog

Start your application. The logs should be displayed by Klever KLog, colored by log level.

In Klever KLog, you can give the following commands:

mPATTERN

Set the match pattern to PATTERN. New log lines containing PATTERN will be highlighted.

rN

Redisplay the last NN log lines, highlighting the ones matching the match pattern.

R

Redisplay the whole log, highlighting the lines matching the match pattern.

p

Pause the log display.

P

Resume the log display.

q

Quit Klever KLog