Python 2.4.3: ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section: 'formatters'
The error message is strictly accurate but misleading.
The reason the "formatters" section is missing, is because the logging module can't find the file you passed to logging.config.fileConfig
.
Try using an absolute file path.
Yes, @ekhumoro was right. It seems that logging
expects an absolute path. Python team should change this error message to something more readable; it just cannot see my file, not because the config file itself is wrong.
I managed to solve this by defining a BASE_DIR
variable in a config file and import it as the prefix of the path, just as Django does. And, remember to create the log file's parent dir(s) if they are not created.
I define the path and the logger in config.py
:
import osBASE_DIR=os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))import loggingimport logging.configlogging.config.fileConfig(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'utils', 'logger.conf')) # the `logger.conf` locates under 'myproject/utils/'logger = logging.getLogger("mylog") # 'mylog' should exist in `logger.conf` in the logger part
In other modules:
from config import logger...logger.info("Your loggings modules should work now!! - WesternGun")