logging-forensic 0.1.1

Forensic logging setup for python projects

The tool has been developed for the purpose of facilitating the forensic aspects of logging configurations.
It enables users to easy customize their logging environment by specifying parameters such as file names and directory structures.
For example you can easy configure your logging with the logging-directory and the name of the logging file _.log
To use logging-forensic install the modul via pip and use it (see example usage)

install logging-forensic via pip

pip install git+https://github.com/fackelm2/logging-forensic.git

update logging-forensic via pip

pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/fackelm2/logging-forensic.git

example usage of logger-forensic in your python script:

from logging-forensic import forensic_logger

timestring = time.strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")
logfile_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "log" / f"{timestring}_<case>.log"
logger = forensic_logger('<scriptname>', logfile_path, 'INFO', False)

example logfile in log/.log

example 2

cat my-script.py

..
from logging_forensic import forensic_logger
..
logfile_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / 'log' / f'my-script.log'
logfile_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
logger = forensic_logger('my-script', logfile_path, console=False, level='INFO', timestamp=True)
..

cat log/my-script.log

..
2025-04-09 17:48:38,712 - INFO - my-script.py OK - downloaded file 1: https://apkid.de/test1.txt to D:\download_data\output\download_20250409174838
2025-04-09 17:48:39,081 - INFO - my-script.py OK - downloaded file 2: https://apkid.de/wallpaper_16487800940ff7b95bc63e4c56a8843b2c50d3b0de.jpeg to D:\download_data\output\download_20250409174838
..