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diff --git a/docs/topics/logging.txt b/docs/topics/logging.txt index 15c1aa9dd8..d75875f2c8 100644 --- a/docs/topics/logging.txt +++ b/docs/topics/logging.txt @@ -230,13 +230,40 @@ use in your project code. .. _dictConfig format: http://docs.python.org/library/logging.config.html#configuration-dictionary-schema -An example ----------- +Examples +-------- The full documentation for `dictConfig format`_ is the best source of information about logging configuration dictionaries. However, to give -you a taste of what is possible, here is an example of a fairly -complex logging setup, configured using :func:`logging.config.dictConfig`:: +you a taste of what is possible, here are a couple examples. + +First, here's a simple configuration which writes all request logging from the +:ref:`django-request-logger` logger to a local file:: + + LOGGING = { + 'version': 1, + 'disable_existing_loggers': False, + 'handlers': { + 'file': { + 'level': 'DEBUG', + 'class': 'logging.FileHandler', + 'filename': '/path/to/django/debug.log', + }, + }, + 'loggers': { + 'django.request': { + 'handlers': ['file'], + 'level': 'DEBUG', + 'propagate': True, + }, + }, + } + +If you use this example, be sure to change the ``'filename'`` path to a +location that's writable by the user that's running the Django application. + +Second, here's an example of a fairly complex logging setup, configured using +:func:`logging.config.dictConfig`:: LOGGING = { 'version': 1, @@ -396,6 +423,8 @@ Django provides four built-in loggers. ``django`` is the catch-all logger. No messages are posted directly to this logger. +.. _django-request-logger: + ``django.request`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |