graypy 0.2.3

Installing

Using easy_install:

easy_install graypy

Usage

Messages are sent to Graylog2 using a custom handler for the builtin logging library in GELF format:

import logging
import graypy

my_logger = logging.getLogger('test_logger')
my_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

handler = graypy.GELFHandler('localhost', 12201)
my_logger.addHandler(handler)

my_logger.debug('Hello Graylog2.')

Tracebacks are added as full messages:

import logging
import graypy

my_logger = logging.getLogger('test_logger')
my_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

handler = graypy.GELFHandler('localhost', 12201)
my_logger.addHandler(handler)

try:
    puff_the_magic_dragon()
except NameError:
    my_logger.debug('No dragons here.', exc_info=1)

Custom fields

A number of custom fields are automatically added if available:

• function

• pid

• process_name

• thread_name

You can disable these additional fields if you don’t want them by adding an argument to the hander:

handler = graypy.GELFHandler('localhost', 12201, debugging_fields=False)

graypy also supports additional fields to be included in the messages sent to Graylog2. This can be done by using Python’s LoggerAdapter and Filter. In general, LoggerAdapter makes it easy to add static information to your log messages and Filters give you more flexibility, for example to add additional information based on the message that is being logged.

Example using LoggerAdapter:

import logging
import graypy

my_logger = logging.getLogger('test_logger')
my_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

handler = graypy.GELFHandler('localhost', 12201)
my_logger.addHandler(handler)

my_adapter = logging.LoggerAdapter(logging.getLogger('test_logger'),
                                    { 'username': 'John' })

my_adapter.debug('Hello Graylog2 from John.')

Example using Filter:

import logging
import graypy

class UsernameFilter(logging.Filter):
    def __init__(self):
        # In an actual use case would dynamically get this (e.g. from memcache)
        self.username = "John"

    def filter(self, record):
        record.username = self.username
        return True

my_logger = logging.getLogger('test_logger')
my_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

handler = graypy.GELFHandler('localhost', 12201)
my_logger.addHandler(handler)

my_logger.addFilter(UsernameFilter())

mylogger.debug('Hello Graylog2 from John.')