ntnlog 0.5.0

Lightweight Python logger with log levels, rotation, colorization, async support, and working-directory-scoped file utilities

ntnlog

Lightweight Python logger with timestamped file output, caller stack tracing, and working-directory-scoped file utilities. Next-To-Nothing setup — just import and log.

Features

• Log levels: TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL with per-instance and global thresholds
• Caller stack tracing: Automatically records where in your code a log came from
• Timestamped file output: Logs written to daily files with no configuration required
• Log rotation: Size-based rotation with configurable backup count
• Console colorization: ANSI color output per log level, customizable per instance
• Exception capturing: exception() attaches the active traceback automatically
• Async support: alog() and aexception() for async/await code
• File utilities: Safe, working-directory-scoped file operations with error handling
• Thread-safe: File writes are protected by a per-instance lock

Installation

pip install ntnlog

Quick Start

from ntnlog import Logger, Level

log = Logger()

log("Application started")
log("Important message", console_message="")      # also prints to stdout
log("Something suspicious", Level.WARNING)         # WARNING level, no console

# Exception capturing — attaches the active traceback automatically
try:
    do_something()
except Exception:
    log.exception("Something went wrong")

# Async logging
await log.alog("Async message")
await log.aexception("Async error")

# Enable detailed call-stack tracing
log.enable_log_tracing(True)
log("Traced message")

# Named loggers — useful when multiple instances log to the same file
app_logger = Logger(name="app")
worker_logger = Logger(name="worker")
# Output: [2026-05-13 15:46:34][INFO][app][main.py:12] message
#         [2026-05-13 15:46:34][INFO][worker][worker.py:8] message

# Level filtering — string or enum, both work
log = Logger(level=Level.WARNING)
log = Logger(level="warning")

# Log rotation
log = Logger(max_bytes=5_000_000, backup_count=3)

# Console colorization
log = Logger(colorize=True)

# Custom log directory
log = Logger(log_dir="my_logs")

# Project-aware frame filtering
log = Logger(project_dir="/path/to/project")

Configuration

from ntnlog.ntn_config import (
    GLOBAL_LOGGING_ENABLED,
    GLOBAL_LOG_TRACING_ENABLED,
    GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL,
    GLOBAL_MAX_BYTES,
    GLOBAL_BACKUP_COUNT,
    GLOBAL_LOG_COLORS,
)

Global	Default	Description
GLOBAL_LOGGING_ENABLED	True	Master on/off switch for all loggers
GLOBAL_LOG_TRACING_ENABLED	True	Master tracing switch
GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL	Level.INFO	Default minimum level when instance level is None
GLOBAL_MAX_BYTES	10_000_000	Default rotation threshold (10 MB)
GLOBAL_BACKUP_COUNT	1	Default number of backup files kept on rotation
GLOBAL_LOG_COLORS	see config	ANSI color code per level

Per-instance controls:

log.enable_logging(False)      # disable this logger
log.enable_log_tracing(True)   # enable tracing for this logger

Modules

Logger (ntn_logging.py)

Main logging class. Writes timestamped, level-tagged entries to ./logs/<date>_logging.txt and optionally traces the full call stack to show exactly which file and line triggered the log.

File Utilities (ntn_file_utils.py)

Path and file verification scoped to the working directory:

• file_verify_path(base, directory) — confirms a directory exists within the working dir
• file_verify_file(base, filename, operator) — validates a file for read/write/execute

Utils (ntn_utils.py)

Working-directory-scoped path helpers with a clean exception-based API:

• ntnlog.utils.get_working_dir() — returns the current working directory
• ntnlog.utils.resolve_path(path, must_exist=False) — resolves a path within the working directory, raises ValueError if it escapes

Configuration (ntn_config.py)

Global flags and defaults controlling logging behaviour across all logger instances.

Development

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest
pytest -v
pytest tests/test_ntn_logging.py

License

MIT

Author

Nathan T Nguyen