redlight/logging_module.py

# logging_module.py

import logging

# Setting up logging specifically for this module
def configure_logger():
    
    # 1. Create a file handler to write logs to a specific file.
    file_handler = logging.FileHandler('/var/log/matrix-synapse/redlight.log')
    file_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
    
    # 2. Define the format for the logs.
    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
    file_handler.setFormatter(formatter)

    # 3. Initialize the logger for this module and set its level.
    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
    
    # 4. Attach the file handler to the logger.
    logger.addHandler(file_handler)

    # Prevent this logger's messages from being passed to the root logger or other handlers.
    logger.propagate = False
    
    return logger