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Python Write Better Python Buggy Logs Log Messages

Elizabeth McInerney
Elizabeth McInerney
3,175 Points
Posted by Elizabeth McInerney
Elizabeth McInerney
3,175 Points

Logging

The assignment is to log a message with a level of DEBUG, using any message I want to use. This code returned the error "X Bummer! No DEBUG log messages

starter.py 
import logging

logging.basicConfig(filename='cc.log', level=logging.DEBUG)

# Write your code below here
logging.info("I hope this works")

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

Change the method to .debug():

# Write your code below here
logging.debug("I hope this works") #<--- changed method

# This also works:
logging.log(logging.DEBUG, "debug THIS!")

There are two levels at work here. logging.level is the threshold to determine whether to display a message: "CRITICAL" > "ERROR" > "WARNING" > "INFO" > "DEBUG". Once a level is set, then each method .debug(), .info() will only display if the logging.level is low enough.

These levels are represented as integers:

In [251]: logging.DEBUG
Out[251]: 10

In [249]: logging.getLogger().getEffectiveLevel()
Out[249]: 10
Elizabeth McInerney
Elizabeth McInerney
3,175 Points
Elizabeth McInerney
Elizabeth McInerney
3,175 Points

Thanks for all of you help. Your comments above are too deep for me at this point. I just wanted to point out that the video did not give the info necessary to pass the challenge. I also think it flagged my code as not working when maybe it just wasn't written as expected. 2 issues that will have more people posting questions to the Forum than necessary if they were resolved. But I do appreciate the help from you and the course in general!

Elizabeth McInerney
Elizabeth McInerney
3,175 Points
Elizabeth McInerney
Elizabeth McInerney
3,175 Points

Ok, that worked, but I am going to have to object to this question! According to the video, logging.info logs a message that the specified level, and the level has already been set to DEBUG. So it seems like my code should have worked. Also, there was no point in the video where Kenneth used logging.level(), so the student is not even made aware that this is possible. Not fair!