logging with python

logging within python is pretty easy

import logging
logger = logging.getLogger('myapp')
hdlr = logging.FileHandler('/var/tmp/myapp.log')
formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s')
hdlr.setFormatter(formatter)
logger.addHandler(hdlr) 
logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)

logger.error('We have a problem')
logger.info('While this is just chatty')

only error was logged

2003-07-08 16:49:45,896 ERROR We have a problem