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 Usage
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.. _usage-app:

In an Application
=================

When using `Python's standard logging library`_ the following minimal setup
demonstrates basic logging.

.. _Python's standard logging library: https://docs.python.org/2/library/logging.html

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Source: :ref:`examples/python_logging.py <example_python_logging.py>`

When using Oslo Logging the following setup demonstrates a comparative
syntax with Python standard logging.


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Source: :ref:`examples/oslo_logging.py <example_oslo_logging.py>`

Oslo Logging Setup Methods
--------------------------

Applications need to use the oslo.log configuration functions to register
logging-related configuration options and configure the root and other
default loggers before using standard logging functions.

Call :func:`~oslo_log.log.register_options` with an oslo.config CONF object
before parsing any application command line options.

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Optionally call :func:`~oslo_log.log.set_defaults` before setup to
change default logging levels if necessary.

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Call :func:`~oslo_log.log.setup` with the oslo.config CONF object used
when registering objects, along with the domain and optionally a version
to configure logging for the application.

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Source: :ref:`examples/usage.py <example_usage.py>`

Oslo Logging Functions
----------------------

Use standard Python logging functions to produce log records at applicable
log levels.

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**Example Logging Output:**

::

    2016-01-14 21:07:51.394 12945 INFO __main__ [-] Welcome to Oslo Logging
    2016-01-14 21:07:51.395 12945 WARNING __main__ [-] A warning occurred
    2016-01-14 21:07:51.395 12945 ERROR __main__ [-] An error occurred
    2016-01-14 21:07:51.396 12945 ERROR __main__ [-] An Exception occurred
    2016-01-14 21:07:51.396 12945 ERROR __main__ None
    2016-01-14 21:07:51.396 12945 ERROR __main__

Oslo Log Translation
--------------------

As of the Pike release, `logging within an application should no
longer use Oslo International Utilities (i18n) marker functions
<https://docs.openstack.org/oslo.i18n/latest/user/guidelines.html#log-translation>`_
to provide language translation capabilities.

Adding Context to Logging
-------------------------

With the use of `Oslo Context`_, log records can also contain
additional contextual information applicable for your application.

.. _Oslo Context: https://docs.openstack.org/oslo.context/latest

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**Example Logging Output:**

::

    2016-01-14 20:04:34.562 11266 INFO __main__ [-] Welcome to Oslo Logging
    2016-01-14 20:04:34.563 11266 INFO __main__ [-] Without context
    2016-01-14 20:04:34.563 11266 INFO __main__ [req-bbc837a6-be80-4eb2-8ca3-53043a93b78d 6ce90b4d d6134462 a6b9360e - -] With context

The log record output format without context is defined with
:oslo.config:option:`logging_default_format_string` configuration
variable.  When specifying context the
:oslo.config:option:`logging_context_format_string` configuration
variable is used.

The Oslo RequestContext object contains a number of attributes that can be
specified in :oslo.config:option:`logging_context_format_string`. An
application can extend this object to provide additional attributes that can
be specified in log records.

Examples
--------

:ref:`examples/usage.py <example_usage.py>` provides a documented
example of Oslo Logging setup.

:ref:`examples/usage_helper.py <example_usage_helper.py>` provides an
example showing debugging logging at each step details the configuration
and logging at each step of Oslo Logging setup.

:ref:`examples/usage_context.py <example_usage_context.py>` provides
a documented example of Oslo Logging with Oslo Context.


In a Library
============

oslo.log is primarily used for configuring logging in an application,
but it does include helpers that can be useful from libraries.

:func:`~oslo_log.log.getLogger` wraps the function of the same name
from Python's standard library to add a
:class:`~oslo_log.log.KeywordArgumentAdapter`, making it easier to
pass data to the formatters provided by oslo.log and configured by an
application.
