Logging

Ape provides a logger and uses it to show messages throughout the execution of its modules. Every CLI command comes with the logger in Ape, even custom user scripts (unless they change the behavior of --verbosity).

The following log levels are available with Ape:

Log Level

Numeric Value

Purpose

Color

DEBUG

10

Debug stuff

Blue

INFO

20

General information

Blue

SUCCESS

21

To mark a successful operation

Green

WARNING

30

Indicates a potential issue

Yellow

ERROR

40

An error occurred

Red

Note

SUCCESS is a non-standard verbosity level custom to the framework. It is shown during INFO but not shown if set to WARNING or above.

CLI Logging

If you are running into issues and wish to see more information logged, you likely want to run your command with --verbosity DEBUG or -v debug:

ape --verbosity DEBUG my_cmd  # long form
ape -v debug my_cmd           # short form

This will output HTTP requests and anything else with a DEBUG logging verbosity in Ape.

Alternatively, you may wish to log less and show important logs, such as ERROR logs. To do this, use the ERROR verbosity:

ape my_cmd -v ERROR 

NOTE: You can put the verbosity flag anywhere in your CLI command for most commands.

Python Logging

You can also import and use the logger in your own Python scripts or commands:

from ape.logging import logger, LogLevel

def main():
    logger.info("You have entered `main()`.")
    logger.set_level(LogLevel.WARNING)