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Logging

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Kamaki uses the standard python logger package to log some of its

functionality.

All kamaki loggers are named or prefixed after the package they log, e.g.

a logger at `kamaki/cli/argument.__init__.py` should be called

`kamaki.cli.argument` whereas a logger at `kamaki/clients/conf.py` should be

named `kamaki.clients/conf`. In `kamaki/clients/__init__.py` there are two

loggers that use the package name as prefix, and they detailed bellow.

Monitor requests and responses

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The `kamaki.clients` logger contains two subloggers that monitor the HTTP

communication of with the servers::

	kamaki.clients.send   for kamaki requests to the server

	kamaki.clients.recv   for server responses to kamaki

These are the only loggers used for purposes other than mere debugging. Both

loggers are defined in the CLI code and are used to (a) log HTTP communication

to the log file as well as to (b) show users the HTTP requests and responses if

kamaki cli is called with options like "verbose" or "debug".

Logger in external code

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When a logger is known to be in kamaki code, the script developer may use this

logger to log some needed information. This can be happen either by directly

using the python `logger` package, or the corresponding kamaki wraper

`kamaki.cli.logger` which allows the definition, activation and deactivation

of stream (usually console) or file loggers.

As an example, we will use

`this script <clients-api.html#register-a-banch-of-pre-uploaded-images>`_

that loads images from a set of image files already uploaded to Pithos+

`images` container.

First, we shall add a logger to keep HTTP communication in `/tmp/my_kamaki.log`

To do this, append the following at the top of the file:

.. code-block:: python

	from kamaki.cli.logger import add_file_logger

	add_file_logger('kamaki', filename='/tmp/my_kamaki.log')

After a run of the script, a new file will be created at `/tmp/my_kamaki.log`

that will contain logs of the form::

	> POST https://accounts.okeanos.grnet.gr/identity/v2.0/tokens

	>   Content-Length: 74

	>   Content-Type: application/json

	> data size:74

	< 200 OK

	<   content-length: 2425

	<   content-language: en-us

	<   expires: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:27:47 GMT

	<   vary: X-Auth-Token,Accept-Language

	<   server: gunicorn/0.14.5	

	<   last-modified: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:27:47 GMT

	<   connection: close

	<   etag: "43af...36"

	<   cache-control: no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, max-age=0

	<   date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:27:47 GMT

	<   content-type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

	< data size: 2425

.. note:: user token and http body content are not logged by default

As a second example, let's suppose that we need to see only the http requests

of the `pithos.list_objects()` method. We decide to print these to the console.

To achieve that goal, we should get a stream logger and deactivate it when we

do not need it anymore.

.. code-block:: python

	#! /usr/bin/python

	[...]	

	from kamaki.cli.logger import add_stream_logger, deactivate

	add_stream_logger('kamaki.clients')

	for img in pithos.list_objects():

		deactivate('kamaki.clients')

		[...]

Logger in kamaki code

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When implementing kamaki code, either as part of the main kamaki project or as

an extension, it is often useful to use loggers. The suggested strategy is to

use `kamaki.cli.logger` to create one logger per package, named after the

package itself. Developers may also directly use the python logger module, but

they should respect the naming conventions.

In this example, we want to log the arguments of the `register` method found in

`kamaki/clients/image/__init__.py`. We will use the python logger module.

First, we should add a logger initializer at the top of the file.

.. code-block:: python

	from logging import getLogger

	log = getLogger(__name__)

Now, we should use the `log` biding to actually log what we need.

.. code-block:: python

	[...]

    def register(self, name, location, params={}, properties={}):

    	log.debug('name: %s' % name)

    	log.debug('location: %s' % location)

    	log.debug('params: %s' % params)

    	log.debug('properties: %s' % properties)

    	[...]

The logging module will not log anything by itself. It is the caller scripts

responsibility to define the actual logger and set the logging destination.

We are going to use the same script as in the previous examples, but we need

to define logger for `kamaki.clients.image`.

.. code-block:: python

	#! /usr/bin/python

	from kamaki.cli.logger import add_file_logger

	add_file_logger('kamaki.clients.image', filename='/tmp/kamaki_image.log')

.. note:: a logger named as `kamaki` will grab everything logged with a name

	prefixed as `kamaki`, so if we have two loggers, one named `kamaki` and

	another	one named `kamaki.clients.image`, they will both grab the

	`register` logs.