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Simple coloured logging for Flask and FastAPI apps

Project description

python-coloured-logger

A lightweight Python package that provides clean, coloured logging output for Flask, FastAPI, and any standard Python application.

It extends Python’s built-in logging module with readable coloured console output and simple setup helpers.


Features

  • Coloured console logging
  • Works with standard Python logging
  • Flask integration
  • FastAPI / Uvicorn integration
  • Simple setup API
  • Lightweight with minimal configuration

Installation

Install from PyPI:

pip install python-coloured-logger

Quick Start

from coloured_logger import get_logger

logger = get_logger("my-app")

logger.debug("Debug message")
logger.info("Server started")
logger.success("Database connected")
logger.warning("High memory usage")
logger.error("Request failed")
logger.critical("System crash")

Example output:

[20/06/2026] [INFO] Server started
[20/06/2026] [SUCCESS] Database connected
[20/06/2026] [WARNING] High memory usage
[20/06/2026] [ERROR] Request failed

Flask Integration

from flask import Flask
from coloured_logger import setup_logging

app = Flask(__name__)

setup_logging(logger_name="flask.app")

@app.route("/")
def index():
    app.logger.info("Request received")
    return "Hello World"

FastAPI Integration

from fastapi import FastAPI
from coloured_logger import setup_logging

app = FastAPI()

setup_logging(logger_name="uvicorn")

@app.get("/")
async def root():
    return {"message": "Hello World"}

Standard Python Logging

from coloured_logger import setup_logging
import logging

setup_logging()

logger = logging.getLogger("example")

logger.info("Using standard logging")

Environment Variables

Enable or Disable Colours

By default, colours are enabled.

COLOURED_LOGGER_COLOR=True

or for Flask-specific configuration:

FLASK_LOG_COLOR=True

Disable colours:

COLOURED_LOGGER_COLOR=False

Custom Date Format

COLOURED_LOGGER_DATE_FORMAT=%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S

or:

FLASK_LOG_DATE_FORMAT=%H:%M:%S

Supported Log Levels

Level Description
debug Debug information
info General information
success Successful operations
warning Warning messages
error Error messages
critical Critical failures

Requirements

  • Python 3.8+
  • Flask (optional)
  • FastAPI / Uvicorn (optional)

License

MIT License


Contributing

Pull requests, issues, and suggestions are welcome.

If you find a bug or want to improve the package, feel free to open an issue or submit a PR.


Links

  • PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/python-coloured-logger/
  • GitHub: https://github.com/Skulldorom/python-coloured-logger

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