colorlog.ColoredFormatter is a formatter for use with Python's logging
module that outputs records using terminal colors.
Install from PyPI with:
pip install colorlogSeveral Linux distributions provide offical packages (Debian, Gentoo, OpenSuse and Ubuntu), and others have user provided packages (Arch AUR, BSD ports, Conda, Fedora packaging scripts).
import colorlog
handler = colorlog.StreamHandler()
handler.setFormatter(colorlog.ColoredFormatter(
'%(log_color)s%(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s'))
logger = colorlog.getLogger('example')
logger.addHandler(handler)The ColoredFormatter class takes several arguments:
format: The format string used to output the message (required).datefmt: An optional date format passed to the base class. Seelogging.Formatter.reset: Implicitly adds a color reset code to the message output, unless the output already ends with one. Defaults toTrue.log_colors: A mapping of record level names to color names. The defaults can be found incolorlog.default_log_colors, or the below example.secondary_log_colors: A mapping of names tolog_colorsstyle mappings, defining additional colors that can be used in format strings. See below for an example.style: Available on Python 3.2 and above. Seelogging.Formatter.
Color escape codes can be selected based on the log records level, by adding parameters to the format string:
log_color: Return the color associated with the records level.<name>_log_color: Return another color based on the records level if the formatter has secondary colors configured (seesecondary_log_colorsbelow).
Multiple escape codes can be used at once by joining them with commas when
configuring the color for a log level (but can't be used directly in the format
string). For example, black,bg_white would use the escape codes for black
text on a white background.
The following escape codes are made available for use in the format string:
{color},fg_{color},bg_{color}: Foreground and background colors.bold,bold_{color},fg_bold_{color},bg_bold_{color}: Bold/bright colors.reset: Clear all formatting (both foreground and background colors).
The available color names are black, red, green, yellow, blue,
purple, cyan and white.
The following code creates a ColoredFormatter for use in a logging setup,
using the default values for each argument.
from colorlog import ColoredFormatter
formatter = ColoredFormatter(
"%(log_color)s%(levelname)-8s%(reset)s %(blue)s%(message)s",
datefmt=None,
reset=True,
log_colors={
'DEBUG': 'cyan',
'INFO': 'green',
'WARNING': 'yellow',
'ERROR': 'red',
'CRITICAL': 'red,bg_white',
},
secondary_log_colors={},
style='%'
)Secondary log colors are a way to have more than one color that is selected
based on the log level. Each key in secondary_log_colors adds an attribute
that can be used in format strings (message becomes message_log_color), and
has a corresponding value that is identical in format to the log_colors
argument.
The following example highlights the level name using the default log colors,
and highlights the message in red for error and critical level log messages.
from colorlog import ColoredFormatter
formatter = ColoredFormatter(
"%(log_color)s%(levelname)-8s%(reset)s %(message_log_color)s%(message)s",
secondary_log_colors={
'message': {
'ERROR': 'red',
'CRITICAL': 'red'
}
}
)With dictConfig
logging.config.dictConfig({
'formatters': {
'colored': {
'()': 'colorlog.ColoredFormatter',
'format': "%(log_color)s%(levelname)-8s%(reset)s %(blue)s%(message)s"
}
},
...
})A full example dictionary can be found in tests/test_colorlog.py.
With fileConfig
...
[formatters]
keys=color
[formatter_color]
class=colorlog.ColoredFormatter
format=%(log_color)s%(levelname)-8s%(reset)s %(bg_blue)s[%(name)s]%(reset)s %(message)s from fileConfig
datefmt=%m-%d %H:%M:%SAn instance of ColoredFormatter created with those arguments will then be used
by any handlers that are configured to use the color formatter.
A full example configuration can be found in tests/test_config.ini.
ColoredFormatter will work with custom log levels added with
logging.addLevelName:
import logging, colorlog
TRACE = 5
logging.addLevelName(TRACE, 'TRACE')
formatter = colorlog.ColoredFormatter(log_colors={'TRACE': 'yellow'})
handler = logging.StreamHandler()
handler.setFormatter(formatter)
logger = logging.getLogger('example')
logger.addHandler(handler)
logger.setLevel('TRACE')
logger.log(TRACE, 'a message using a custom level')colorlog works on Python 2.6 and above, including Python 3.
On Windows, requires colorama to work properly. A dependancy on colorama is
included as an optional package dependancy - depending on colorlog[windows]
instead of colorlog will ensure it is included when installing.
Tests similar to the above examples are found in tests/test_colorlog.py.
tox will run the tests under all compatible python versions.
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