python-telegram-handler 1.1.1

A python logging handler that sends logs via Telegram Bot Api.

A python logging handler that sends logs via Telegram Bot Api

Installation

Via pip:

pip install python-telegram-handler

Usage

Register a new telegram bot and obtain a authentication token. (Instructions here https://core.telegram.org/bots#3-how-do-i-create-a-bot)

After that, you must obtain a chat_id. You can do that using included simple script. Start a new conversation with newly created bot, write something to it (it is important to initiate conversation first).

Then run a command:

telegram_handler <your token here>

If all went ok, a chat_id will be printed to stdout.

Using token and chat_id, configure log handler in your desired way. For example, using dictConfig:

{
    'version': 1,
    'handlers': {
        'telegram': {
            'class': 'telegram_handler.TelegramHandler',
            'token': 'your token',
            'chat_id': 'chat id'
        }
    },
    'loggers': {
        'my_logger': {
            'handlers': ['telegram'],
            'level': 'DEBUG'
        }
    }
}

Formatting

Currently the format of sent messages is very simple: %(asctime)s %(name)s %(levelname)s %(message)s Exception traceback will be formatted as pre-formatted fixed-width code block. (https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#markdown-style)

If you want to tweak it, configure a telegram_handler.HtmlFormatter with your desired format string. Using a dictConfig:

...
{
    'formatters': {
        'telegram': {
            'class': 'telegram_handler.HtmlFormatter',
            'fmt': '%(levelname)s %(message)s'
        }
    }
    'handlers': {
        'telegram': {
            'class': 'telegram_handler.TelegramHandler',
            'formatter': 'telegram',
            'token': 'your token',
            'chat_id': 'chat id'
        }
    }
}
...

History

1.1.1 (2016-04-20)

• Use HTML Formatter as default formatter for telegram handler

1.1.0 (2016-04-20)

• Introduced HTML Formatter

• Added log text escaping (closed #3)

• Added requests timeout setting (closed #1)

• Catching and logging all requests and their exceptions (closed #2)

1.0.0 (2016-04-19)

• First PyPi release

0.1.0 (2016-04-19)

• Initial release