📝 Better Logging

utils/utilFunctions.py

@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 import json
-import time
 import logging
 import os
+import sys
 from .helperClasses import Options
 
+FORMAT = " %(asctime)s | %(name)-16s | %(levelname)-8s | %(message)s"
+PRINTFORMAT = "%(asctime)s - %(message)s"
+DATEFORMAT = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+
 logging.addLevelName(25, "PRINT")
-logging.basicConfig(filename="gwendolyn.log", level=logging.INFO)
+logging.basicConfig(format=FORMAT, datefmt=DATEFORMAT, level=logging.INFO, filename="gwendolyn.log")
+logger = logging.getLogger("Gwendolyn")
+printer = logging.getLogger("printer")
+handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(fmt = PRINTFORMAT, datefmt=DATEFORMAT))
+printer.addHandler(handler)
+printer.propagate = False
 
 def getParams():
     with open("resources/slashParameters.json", "r") as f:
@@ -20,25 +30,24 @@ def getParams():
     return params
 
 def logThis(messages, channel : str = "", level : int = 20):
-    localtime = time.asctime(time.localtime(time.time()))
     channel = channel.replace("Direct Message with ","")
     if type(messages) is str:
         messages = [messages]
 
+    printMessage = messages[0]
+
     for x, msg in enumerate(messages):
-        if channel == "":
-            messages[x] = localtime+" - "+msg
-        else:
-            messages[x] = localtime+" ("+channel+") - "+msg
+        if channel != "":
+            messages[x] = f"{msg} - ({channel})"
 
     if len(messages) > 1:
-        messages[0] += " (details in log)"
+        printMessage += " (details in log)"
 
     if level >= 25:
-        print(messages[0])
+        printer.log(level, printMessage)
 
     for logMessage in messages:
-        logging.log(level, logMessage)
+        logger.log(level, logMessage)
 
 # Capitalizes all words except some of them
 def cap(s):