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Python logging to the console is possible by Creating a new logger with desired stream & file handlers. With the following console output only shows WARNING and higher.

import logger, sys
logger = logging.Logger('AmazeballsLogger')
#Stream/console output
logger.handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
logger.handler.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")
logger.handler.setFormatter(formatter)
logger.addHandler(self.handler)

Source: stackoverflow.com

Python logging to console

A simple example code writes a log to the console.

import sys
import logging

logger = logging.Logger('AmazeballsLogger')
# Stream/console output
logger.handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
logger.handler.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")
logger.handler.setFormatter(formatter)
logger.addHandler(logger.handler)

logger.critical("critical")
logger.error("error")
logger.warning("warning")
logger.info("info")
logger.debug("debug")

Output:

Python logging to console

Do comment if you have any doubts or suggestions on this Python logging topic.

Note: IDE: PyCharm 2021.3.3 (Community Edition)

Windows 10

Python 3.10.1

All Python Examples are in Python 3, so Maybe its different from python 2 or upgraded versions.

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