Python logger dynamic filename

Question

I want to configure my Python logger in such a way so that each instance of logger should log in a file having the same name as the name of the logger itself.

e.g.:

Answer 1

How about simply wrap the handler code in a function:

import os
def myLogger(name):
    logger = logging.getLogger(name)
    logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
    handler = logging.FileHandler(os.path.join('/some/path/', name + '.log'), 'w')
    logger.addHandler(handler)
    return logger

log_hm = myLogger('healthmonitor')
log_hm.info("Testing Log") # Should log to /some/path/healthmonitor.log

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To prevent creating duplicate handlers, care needs to be taken to ensure that myLogger(name) is only called once per name. Usually that means putting myLogger(name) inside

if __name__ == '__main__':
    log_hm = myLogger('healthmonitor')

of the main script.