tee-logger 6.37

A simple wrapper for python logger that also selectively tee logs to stdout

Tee_Logger

This Python module provides a simple, customizable logger that can direct output to both the console and a log file. It includes utilities for formatting file names, colorizing text output, and performing log maintenance tasks like archiving and deletion of old logs.

Table of Contents

• Tee_Logger
  • Table of Contents
  • Installation
  • Overview
  • Key Components
    • bcolors
    • abbreviate_filename
    • printWithColor
    • teeLogger
  • Usage Examples
  • Note: by default, the caller trace back level is 2, which usually will be the line calling for log.
  • Log Maintenance

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Installation

pip install tee-logger

Dependencies:

• dateutil (optional)
• base64, math, functools, subprocess, tarfile, shutil (standard library modules)

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Overview

The code offers a logging class called teeLogger that can:

• Print log messages with or without colors.
• Write log entries to a file with date-based folder organization.
• Automatically compress and delete logs based on specified criteria.
• Provide caller information in log messages (filename, line number).

By default, teeLogger outputs to the console and a timestamped log file. You can disable file logging or console printing as needed.

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Key Components

bcolors

A helper class providing ANSI escape codes for colored terminal output.

class bcolors:
    HEADER = '\033[95m'
    OKBLUE = '\033[94m'
    OKCYAN = '\033[96m'
    OKGREEN = '\033[92m'
    warning = '\033[93m'
    critical = '\033[91m'
    info = '\033[0m'
    debug = '\033[0m'
    ENDC = '\033[0m'
    BOLD = '\033[1m'
    UNDERLINE = '\033[4m'

abbreviate_filename

A function that shortens file names with optional advanced transformations (e.g., using base64 or scientific notation for line numbers). It is used internally to display a concise “filename:lineNumber” in log messages.

printWithColor

A helper function that prints a plain text string to the console, wrapped in the appropriate ANSI color codes based on a level:

• info: bcolors.info
• debug: bcolors.debug
• warning: bcolors.warning
• error: bcolors.warning
• critical: bcolors.critical
• ok or okgreen: bcolors.OKGREEN
• okblue: bcolors.OKBLUE
• okcyan: bcolors.OKCYAN
• default: bcolors.info

teeLogger

Primary logger class with the following notable parameters:

• systemLogFileDir: Directory in which log folders are stored. If /dev/null, logging to a file is suppressed. Note: if the specifiled dir cannot be accessed, will then try to use /tmp
• programName: Name associated with the logs. Defaults to the caller’s filename.
• compressLogAfterMonths: Number of months after which logs are automatically compressed.
• deleteLogAfterYears: Number of years after which logs are deleted.
• suppressPrintout: If set to True, console printing is suppressed, but logs still appear in the file.
• fileDescriptorLength: Maximum title span for formatted file name and line number in logs.
• noLog: If True, no file logging occurs.
• callerStackDepth: The stack depth for tracing back the caller file path and line number. Default to 2.

Methods include:

• teeok(msg), ok(msg), info(msg), error(msg), teeerror(msg): Log a message at various levels, optionally printing to console.
• printTable(data): Nicely formats 2D data or a dictionary as a table before logging.
• teelog(msg, level): General-purpose logger for any level (e.g. "warning", "critical").
• cleanup_old_logs(): Called automatically to compress or remove old logs.

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Usage Examples

from Tee_Logger import teeLogger

# Create a logger instance
tl = teeLogger(systemLogFileDir='.', programName='MyApp', compressLogAfterMonths=2, deleteLogAfterYears=1)

# Log messages
tl.info("This is an info message. ( only log to file )")
tl.teeerror("This is an error reported to both stdout and file")
tl.teeok("Operation successful.")
tl.teeprint("Normal messages.")
level='critical'
tl.teelog('Tee Log with level as a variable',level)
level='warning'
tl.log('Log with variable level',level)

Terminal output:

Log file: <cwd>/MyApp_log/2025-02-10/MyApp_2025-02-10_01-33-26.log
This is an error reported to both stdout and file
Operation successful.
Normal messages.
Tee Log with level as a variable

Logger file:

2025-02-10 01:33:26,622 [INFO    ] [Tee_Logger:357 ] Starting MyApp at 2025-02-10_01-33-26
2025-02-10 01:33:26,623 [INFO    ] [Tee_Logger:357 ] This is an info message. ( only log to file )
2025-02-10 01:33:26,624 [ERROR   ] [Tee_Logger:362 ] This is an error reported to both stdout and file
2025-02-10 01:33:26,625 [INFO    ] [Tee_Logger:340 ] Operation successful.
2025-02-10 01:33:26,626 [INFO    ] [Tee_Logger:354 ] Normal messages.
2025-02-10 01:33:26,627 [CRITICAL] [Tee_Logger:370 ] Tee Log with level as a variable
2025-02-10 01:33:26,628 [WARNING ] [Tee_Logger:374 ] Log with variable level

Note: by default, the caller trace back level is 2, which usually will be the line calling for log.

Log Maintenance

All logs are stored in programName_log/YYYY-MM-DD directories. Upon initialization, the logger permanently runs cleanup_old_logs() to:

• Compress logs older than compressLogAfterMonths.
• Delete logs older than deleteLogAfterYears.

Compression uses tar with xz if available, otherwise uses Python’s built-in tarfile library. The cleanup runs asynchronously using a ProcessPoolExecutor.