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I Built a Custom Python Logger Module with OOP (Console, File & DB Logging)

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Overview

This project is a custom logging module built from scratch in Python using object-oriented programming (OOP).
It provides a structured, extensible, and lightweight way to capture, format, and store log messages across multiple output formats (console, file, and database).

Features

Key highlights of ESTROSEC’s Python Logger:

  • Multi-Type Logging — TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, SUCCESS, WARNING, ERROR, FATAL
  • Multi-Level Logging — ALL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW
  • Multi-Output Logging — Console, File, SQLite Database
  • Named Loggers — Create multiple loggers with custom names/categories
  • Configurable File Logging — Choose custom file paths for .log files
  • Toggleable Outputs — Enable/disable console, file, or DB logging dynamically
  • Seamless OOP Integration — Designed for easy integration into OOP-based projects
  • Lightweight & Reusable — Plug-and-play across Python projects

Showcase

Console Logging

  • Clean, modern formatting with colored output
  • Format: [LoggerName] [Timestamp] [Level] Message

Console Logging

File Logging

  • Same format as console logging (no colors)
  • Stored in .log files for persistence

File Logging

Database Logging (SQLite3)

  • Logs stored in a structured SQLite database
  • Data separated into columns for easy querying & analysis
  • Current limitation: DB file stored in a fixed location (configurable in future roadmap)

Database Logging

Getting Started

1. Download the Code

Download the latest release to get the logger.py module.

2. Add to Your Project

Place the logger.py file in your project directory:

Your-Project/
 ├─ main.py
 └─ logger.py
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3. Import the Logger 

from logger import Logger, LogLevel
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Usage

Create a Logger 

log = Logger("MyLogger")
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Console Logging 

log.fatal("Fatal error occurred: %s", "Disk not found")
log.error("Error: %d", 404)
log.warning("Low memory: %f GB left", 1.25)
log.success("Operation completed successfully")
log.information("Service started")
log.debug("Debugging variable x=%d", 42)
log.trace("Tracing execution flow")
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Enable File Logging 

log.set_toggle_file_logging(True)
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Enable Database Logging 

log.set_toggle_db_logging(True)
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Set File Path for Logs 

log.set_file_path("C:\\Users\\YourName\\logs")
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Control Log Levels

Available options:

  • ALL — Logs all message types
  • HIGH — Logs FATAL, ERROR, WARNING, SUCCESS
  • MEDIUM — Logs FATAL, ERROR, WARNING
  • LOW — Logs FATAL, ERROR 
log.set_log_level(LogLevel.LOW)
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Tech Stack

  • Language: Python 3
  • Modules: inspect, os, enum, datetime, sqlite3
  • Tools: PyCharm, DataGrip, GitHub, Git

Roadmap

  • SQLite Logging
  • MySQL Logging
  • Multi-threaded Logging
  • Async Logging
  • Custom Log Message Types

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