Django 3 Logging - custom app logger isn't used - django

Question

I have this app structure
app/
customApp/
urls.py
app/
settings.py
manage.py
In settings.py this is my logging config:
LOGGING = {
'version': 1,
'disable_existing_loggers': False,
'handlers': {
'console': {
'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
},
},
'root': {
'handlers': ['console'],
'level': 'ERROR',
},
'customApp': {
'handlers': ['console'],
'level': 'DEBUG',
'propagate': True,
}
}
I am trying to trigger the customApp logger in customApp.urls like this:
from django.urls import path
from django.http import HttpResponse
from logging import getLogger
logger = getLogger(__name__)
def make_response(request):
# if handler is set to console, print result is ALWAYS logged
# this is the logging level hierarchy debug < info < warning < error
logger.debug(f'DEBUG logged in {__name__}')
logger.info(f'INFO logged in {__name__}')
logger.warning(f'WARNING logged in {__name__}')
logger.error(f'ERROR logged in {__name__}')
return HttpResponse('<h1>Ok!</h1>')
urlpatterns = [
path('', make_response)
]
When running the django app and going to this path is using the root logger, logging only the ERROR.
ERROR logged in customApp.urls
Why isn't my customApp logger being used?

Answer 1

Instead of writing in setting.py, I usually create a new file utils.py
utils.py
import logging
from os import path
def setLogger():
logger = logging.getLogger('myservice')
BASE_DIR = path.dirname(path.dirname(__file__))
LOG_DIR = path.join(BASE_DIR, 'myservice/logs/')
hdlr = logging.FileHandler(LOG_DIR + 'myservice.log')
formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s')
hdlr.setFormatter(formatter)
logger.addHandler(hdlr)
logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
return logger
Then in the views import it
views.py
from myservice.utils import setLogger
from traceback import format_exc
logger = setLogger()
def fn_login(req):
try:
pass
except Exception as identifier:
logger.error(format_exc())
logger.info(format_exc())
logger.warning(format_exc())