Setting up logging is crucial to monitoring any app. This way you know what works and what doesn't. If done correctly it will save a lot of time of debugging.
Django uses the pyhton logging module. Concepts to understand are loggers, handlers, filters and formatters:
Set up logging in settings.py
LOGGING = {
'version': 1,
'disable_existing_loggers': False,
'formatters': {
'verbose': {
'format': '{levelname} {asctime} {module} {process:d} {thread:d} {message}',
'style': '{',
},
'simple': {
'format': '{levelname} {message}',
'style': '{',
},
},
'handlers': {
'console': {
'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
'formatter': 'verbose'
},
},
'root': {
'handlers': ['console'],
'level': 'WARNING',
},
'django': {
'handlers': ['console'],
'level': 'DEBUG',
'propagate': True,
},
'someapp.urls': {
'handlers': ['console'],
'level': 'DEBUG',
'propagate': True,
}
}
Set up logging in your app:
import logging
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
These resources are great for understanding why and how to use logging in Django:
