How to add a custom loglevel to Python's logging facility

Question

I\'d like to have loglevel TRACE (5) for my application, as I don\'t think that debug() is sufficient. Additionally log(5, msg) isn\'t what I want.

Answer 1

In case anyone wants an automated way to add a new logging level to the logging module (or a copy of it) dynamically, I have created this function, expanding @pfa's answer:

def add_level(log_name,custom_log_module=None,log_num=None,
                log_call=None,
                   lower_than=None, higher_than=None, same_as=None,
              verbose=True):
    '''
    Function to dynamically add a new log level to a given custom logging module.
    <custom_log_module>: the logging module. If not provided, then a copy of
        <logging> module is used
    <log_name>: the logging level name
    <log_num>: the logging level num. If not provided, then function checks
        <lower_than>,<higher_than> and <same_as>, at the order mentioned.
        One of those three parameters must hold a string of an already existent
        logging level name.
    In case a level is overwritten and <verbose> is True, then a message in WARNING
        level of the custom logging module is established.
    '''
    if custom_log_module is None:
        import imp
        custom_log_module = imp.load_module('custom_log_module',
                                            *imp.find_module('logging'))
    log_name = log_name.upper()
    def cust_log(par, message, *args, **kws):
        # Yes, logger takes its '*args' as 'args'.
        if par.isEnabledFor(log_num):
            par._log(log_num, message, args, **kws)
    available_level_nums = [key for key in custom_log_module._levelNames
                            if isinstance(key,int)]

    available_levels = {key:custom_log_module._levelNames[key]
                             for key in custom_log_module._levelNames
                            if isinstance(key,str)}
    if log_num is None:
        try:
            if lower_than is not None:
                log_num = available_levels[lower_than]-1
            elif higher_than is not None:
                log_num = available_levels[higher_than]+1
            elif same_as is not None:
                log_num = available_levels[higher_than]
            else:
                raise Exception('Infomation about the '+
                                'log_num should be provided')
        except KeyError:
            raise Exception('Non existent logging level name')
    if log_num in available_level_nums and verbose:
        custom_log_module.warn('Changing ' +
                                  custom_log_module._levelNames[log_num] +
                                  ' to '+log_name)
    custom_log_module.addLevelName(log_num, log_name)

    if log_call is None:
        log_call = log_name.lower()

    setattr(custom_log_module.Logger, log_call, cust_log)
    return custom_log_module

Answer 2

Addition to Mad Physicists example to get file name and line number correct:

def logToRoot(message, *args, **kwargs):
    if logging.root.isEnabledFor(levelNum):
        logging.root._log(levelNum, message, args, **kwargs)

Answer 3

I think you'll have to subclass the Logger class and add a method called trace which basically calls Logger.log with a level lower than DEBUG. I haven't tried this but this is what the docs indicate.

Answer 4

based on pinned answer, i wrote a little method which automaticaly create new logging levels

def set_custom_logging_levels(config={}):
    """
        Assign custom levels for logging
            config: is a dict, like
            {
                'EVENT_NAME': EVENT_LEVEL_NUM,
            }
        EVENT_LEVEL_NUM can't be like already has logging module
        logging.DEBUG       = 10
        logging.INFO        = 20
        logging.WARNING     = 30
        logging.ERROR       = 40
        logging.CRITICAL    = 50
    """
    assert isinstance(config, dict), "Configuration must be a dict"

    def get_level_func(level_name, level_num):
        def _blank(self, message, *args, **kws):
            if self.isEnabledFor(level_num):
                # Yes, logger takes its '*args' as 'args'.
                self._log(level_num, message, args, **kws) 
        _blank.__name__ = level_name.lower()
        return _blank

    for level_name, level_num in config.items():
        logging.addLevelName(level_num, level_name.upper())
        setattr(logging.Logger, level_name.lower(), get_level_func(level_name, level_num))

config may smth like that:

new_log_levels = {
    # level_num is in logging.INFO section, that's why it 21, 22, etc..
    "FOO":      21,
    "BAR":      22,
}