There were multiple ways to save logs from Cloud Functions to Cloud Logging using Python, so I tried to organize the merits and demerits in a simple way.
TL;DR
ways | 1.Standard Logger | 2.Structured logging | 3.Official logging handlers | 4.Using Cloud Logging API directly |
---|---|---|---|---|
no needs to extra libraries | ✔ | ✔ | - | - |
allows log severity | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
allows to add other fields | - | ✔ | - | ✔ |
allows Python 3.7 | ✔ | - | ✔ | ✔ |
1. using Standard Logging
This is the most simple way. You can use the standard logger, but it doesn’t support the severity.
The following code is an example using the standard logger in Cloud Functions.
import logging
import flask
logger = logging.getLogger()
logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
def main(request):
print("PRINT message")
logger.debug("DEBUG message")
logger.info("INFO message")
logger.warning("WARNING message")
logger.error("ERROR message")
logger.critical("CRITICAL message")
logger.exception("EXCEPTION message")
return flask.jsonify({'result': 'ok'})
The following was the actual screenshot from the Cloud Functions console.
You can see that all severity of entries are default
.
2. using Structured logging
If you want to include log levels or other specific fields in your log entries, you can write logs to stdout
or stderr
in the form of a single line of serialized JSON. The Structured logging support is available in Python 3.8 and later.
https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/monitoring/logging#writing_structured_logs
The following code is an example using the Structured logging in Cloud Functions.
import logging
import flask
logger = logging.getLogger()
logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
def main(request):
print("PRINT message")
logger.debug("DEBUG message")
logger.info("INFO message")
logger.warning("WARNING message")
logger.error("ERROR message")
logger.critical("CRITICAL message")
logger.exception("EXCEPTION message")
return flask.jsonify({'result': 'ok'})
The following was the actual screenshot from the Cloud Functions console.
You can see that all severity has been correctly reflected.
When I tried on Python 3.7 runtime, the severity didn’t support below as described in Official Doc.
3. using Official logging handlers
Logging handlers with Python loggers are provided by the official library.
https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/setup/python#configuring_the_logging_handler
The following code is an example using the logging handlers in Cloud Functions. (The library version of google-cloud-logging I used was 2.7.0. )
import logging
import flask
import google.cloud.logging
client = google.cloud.logging.Client()
client.setup_logging()
logger = logging.getLogger()
logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
def main(request):
print("PRINT message")
logger.debug("DEBUG message")
logger.info("INFO message")
logger.warning("WARNING message")
logger.error("ERROR message")
logger.critical("CRITICAL message")
logger.exception("EXCEPTION message")
return flask.jsonify({'result': 'ok'})
The following was the actual screenshot from the Cloud Functions console.
You can see that all severity has been correctly reflected.
4. using Cloud Logging API directly
The official Doc also explains how to run the API directly using the Cloud Logging API client.
https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/setup/python#use_the_cloud_client_library_directly
The following code is an example using the calling directory in Cloud Functions. (The library version of google-cloud-logging I used was 2.7.0. )
import flask
from google.cloud import logging
logging_client = logging.Client()
log_name = "hello-logging-func4"
logger = logging_client.logger(log_name)
def main(request):
print("PRINT message")
logger.log_text("DEFAULT message", severity="DEFAULT")
logger.log_text("DEBUG message", severity="DEBUG")
logger.log_text("INFO message", severity="INFO")
logger.log_text("NOTICE message", severity="NOTICE")
logger.log_text("WARNING message", severity="WARNING")
logger.log_text("ERROR message", severity="ERROR")
logger.log_text("CRITICAL message", severity="CRITICAL")
logger.log_text("ALERT message", severity="ALERT")
logger.log_text("EMERGENCY message", severity="EMERGENCY")
return flask.jsonify({'result': 'ok'})
The following was the actual screenshot from the Cloud Functions console, but you cannot see all of the log entries.
You can see all of the log entries from the Cloud Logging console.
Conclusion
This post introduced ways of saving Cloud Logging for Python in Cloud Functions and organized the merits and demerits in a simple way.
If you don't need a log level, I recommend using Python Standard Logger(No.1).
If you need a log level, I recommend using official logging handlers(No.3) because you can setup easily. Or I recommend using Structured logging(No.2) because it is very flexible.
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