Maplewood

maplewood is a Python Library for creating logfiles in Plain Text(.txt) Format

Compatibility

maplewood has been tested to work on Windows, but should work on Linux and MacOS as well

Installing

maplewood can be installed using pip or any PyPI package managers

pip install maplewood

Usage

# import the chainsaw module 
# containing the 'Chainsaw' class
from maplewood import chainsaw as cs

# creates a log.txt file in ./logs/
example_log = cs.Chainsaw()

# To log an event, we open the file first
example_log.open()

# To write to the log file
example_log.write(success=True, message="Example Task Executed")
# OR
# if we define a default success or failure message
example_log.update(success="Example success",
                   failure="Example Failure",
                   module="example")
example.log(False) # writes default fail state
example.log(True)  # writes default pass state

# we can close the file if needed
example_log.close()
# and reopen
example_log.open()

# to check if log file is open
example_log.is_open() # -> bool

# remember to close the file
example_log.close()