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# Colorlog

## Introduction

The ColorLog Extension provides the [`ColorLogHandler`](http://cement.readthedocs.io/en/3.0/api/ext/ext_colorlog/#cement.ext.ext_colorlog.ColorLogHandler) for logging, and is a sub-class and drop-in replacement for the default log handler [`LoggingLogHandler`](http://cement.readthedocs.io/en/3.0/api/ext/ext_logging/#cement.ext.ext_logging.LoggingLogHandler).

**Documentation References:**

* [Logging](/core-foundation/logging-1.md)

**API References:**

* [Cement Colorlog Extension](http://cement.readthedocs.io/en/3.0/api/ext/ext_colorlog/)
* [Colorlog Module](https://pypi.org/project/colorlog/)

## Requirements

* Colorlog

{% hint style="info" %}
Cement 3.0.8+:

`pip install cement[colorlog]`
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
Applications using Cement <3.0.8 should continue to include `colorlog` in their dependencies.
{% endhint %}

## Installation

```
pip install cement[colorlog]
```

## Configuration

This handler honors the following settings under a `[log.colorlog]` section of the configuration:

| **Setting**                | **Description**                                                                                         |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **level**                  | The level to display logs for.  One of `INFO`, `WARNING`, `ERROR`, `FATAL`, `DEBUG`.  Default: `INFO`   |
| **file**                   | The filesystem path of the log file.  Default: `None`                                                   |
| **to\_console**            | Whether or not to log to console.  Default: `True`                                                      |
| **rotate**                 | Whether or not rotate the log file.  Default: `False`                                                   |
| **max\_bytes**             | Maximum file size (in bytes) until the log file is rotated (if rotation is enabled).  Default: *512000* |
| **max\_files**             | Maximum number of files to keep when rotating is enabled.  Default: `4`                                 |
| **colorize\_file\_log**    | Whether or not to colorize the log file.  Default: `False`                                              |
| **colorize\_console\_log** | Whether or not to colorize the console log.  Default: `True`                                            |

{% hint style="warning" %}
Note that there are precautions in place to disable colorized logging if the session is not a valid TTY via `sys.stdout.istty()`
{% endhint %}

A sample config section might look like:

{% code title="\~/.myapp.conf" %}

```
[log.colorlog]
file = /path/to/config/file
level = info
to_console = true
rotate = true
max_bytes = 512000
max_files = 4
colorize_file_log = false
colorize_console_log = true
```

{% endcode %}

## Usage

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Example: Using Colorlog Extension" %}

```python
from cement import App

class MyApp(App):
    class Meta:
        label = 'myapp'
        extensions = ['colorlog']
        log_handler = 'colorlog'

with MyApp() as app:
    app.run()
    app.log.debug('This is my debug message')
    app.log.info('This is my info message')
    app.log.warning('This is my warning message')
    app.log.error('This is my error message')
    app.log.fatal('This is my critical message')
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="info" %}
The colors can be customized by passing in a `colors` dictionary mapping overriding the [`ColorLogHandler.Meta.colors`](http://cement.readthedocs.io/en/3.0/api/ext/ext_colorlog/#cement.ext.ext_colorlog.ColorLogHandler.Meta.colors) option
{% endhint %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Example: Customizing Colorlog Colors" %}

```python
from cement import App, init_defaults

META = init_defaults('log.colorlog')
META['log.colorlog']['colors'] = {
    'DEBUG':    'cyan',
    'INFO':     'green',
    'WARNING':  'yellow',
    'ERROR':    'red',
    'CRITICAL': 'red,bg_white',
}

class MyApp(App):
    class Meta:
        label = 'myapp'
        extension = ['colorlog']
        log_handler = 'colorlog'
        meta_defaults = META
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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