django-kn-defaults 0.3.2
A collection of logging and helpers for KN.
Requires Python: >=3.6

# kn-defaults

### Vision:

This project shall contains 

1. A Logging helper module in the form of Middleware, Decorator, and a helper function
2. A Utility collection that can help with everyday tasks 



### Installation:

You can install via `pip install django-kn-defaults`

### Components:

1. Logging Helpers
2. Checks
3. CMS admin log signal handler


### Usage:

#### 1. Logging Usage

* Add `kn_defaults.logging` to INSTALLED_APPS
* Hook the logging configurations. (example below) 

### LOGGING setting Adjustments:


First, please make sure you add these values to your env variables
 
* DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME (str)
* DJANGO_PROJECT_ROOT (str)
* DJANGO_LOGSTASH_HOST (str)
* DJANGO_LOGSTASH_PORT (int)

Below env variables are optional 

* DJANGO_LOGSTASH_ENV: defaults to Dev
* DJANGO_LOGSTASH_EXTRA_PREFIX: Defaults to dev
* DJANGO_LOGSTASH_SSL_ENABLE: defaults to False

Then, You can integrate the kn BASE_LOGGING dict with your project LOGGING setting.

```python
from kn_defaults.logging.defaults import BASE_LOGGING

BASE_LOGGING.update({
        # Your extra logging configurations goes here
        })

LOGGING = BASE_LOGGING
```

If you have a logging config already, you can merge it with BASE_LOGGING by hand.
Check `kn_defaults.logging.defaults` for information
 
The package have 3 logging components
 
### 1. Middleware logging:

To use the logging middleware
 
* Add `'kn_defaults.logging.middlewares.KnLogging'` to your `MIDDLEWARE`
* Mark your url names to be logged by the setting `KN_LOGGING_URL_PATTERNS`

The `KN_LOGGING_URL_PATTERNS` setting is a list of the url names to be logged by  the middleware. 
This list can also accept a namespace url with an `*` to denote "log all urls under that namespace".

```python
KN_LOGGING_URL_PATTERNS = [
    'url_name',
    'namespace:url_name',
    'namespace2:*'
]
```

### The information being stored with the middleware logging

1. request_id : a unique if of the request to help traceback any logs associated with that specific request
2. method: GET/POST/ etc..
3. path: the request.path (ie url) which originated the log
4. ip
5. user: the request.user if the user is authenticated, None otherwise.
6. status_code: the response status code
7. outbound_payload: The plain response the view sent back
8. response_duration: How much time in seconds it took to generate a response back to the user
9. post_parameters: the POST information. This respects [Django's sensitive parameters decorator](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/error-reporting/#django.views.decorators.debug.sensitive_post_parameters) 


#### 2. Logging Helper function:

Sample usage looks like this

```python
from kn_defaults.logging.defaults import log

log(level=10, msg='Message here')
```
The helper logging is ready for use out of the box and it logs the local variables in the calling function next to 
the log message.

For level names here is a map.
```python
CRITICAL = 50
ERROR = 40
WARNING = 30
INFO = 20
DEBUG = 10
```


#### 3. function decorator Logging Helper:

You can use it like this

```python
from kn_defaults.logging.defaults import logging_decorator

@logging_decorator(level=10, msg='')
def function(arg_1=True, *args, **kwargs):
    pass

```
This decorator logs the function *args & **kwargs and the function return value 

#### Settings:

* `KN_LOG_FILE_SIZE`  Control the log file size. Defaults to 5 MB.

* `KN_HANDLER_CLASS` Controls the logging handler class, defaults to 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler'
 
* `KN_LOG_FILE_PATH` Controls where the log file would be stored. Defaults to `os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'log.log'))`

* `KN_LOG_BACKUP_COUNT` Controls the backup count for the default 'RotatingFileHandler'. Defaults to 3 

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## 2. Checks

The package do some sanity checks regarding the existence of the logging handlers needed.

It also checks that admin is not hooked to `/admin/` url.

## 3. Helpers

1. `cms_plugin_change_admin_log` logs django-cms plugins addition / update and delete to the regular admin log.
   In case of a change action, it logs the changed fields and their values before and after.
   It's automatically activated if 'cms' is in INSTALLED_APPS unless disabled by the setting `DISABLE_CMS_PLUGIN_CHANGE_ADMIN_LOG`
   



### Creating a release

The package version is controlled by kn_defaults.__init__.__version__ .
and preparing the sdist is by `python setup.py sdist`