django-logging-eventlog

Logger for the logging module that writes messages to the django database

Installation

1. Install using pip:

   pip install --upgrade django-logging-eventlog
   

2. Modify your settings.py. Add eventlog to your INSTALLED_APPS:

   INSTALLED_APPS = [
       #django apps
       'eventlog',
       #your apps
   ]
   

3. Configure LOGGING in your settings.py for example:

   LOGGING = {
       'version': 1,
       'disable_existing_loggers': False,
       'handlers': {
           'eventlog': {
               'class': 'eventlog.services.EventLogHandler'
           },
           'console': {
               'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
           },
       },
       'loggers': {
           'root': {
               'handlers': ['console', 'eventlog'],
               'level': 'INFO',
               'propagate': True,
           },
       }
   }
   

4. Run python manage.py makemigrations eventlog and run Run python manage.py migrate

Usage

import logging

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
logger.info('info')
logger.debug('debug')
logger.error('error')
logger.critical('critical')
logger.warning('warning')

try:
    1/0

except Exception as ex:
    logger.exception(ex, exc_info=ex)

To prune the eventlog, use the command as pruneeventlog. For example, to keep records in the database only for the last 30 days, run:

python manage.py pruneeventlog 30