Replace default handler of Python logger

Solution 1:

Perhaps the following example will help. Basically you can either remove the handlers of the logger you'd like to disable, or don't propagate with the logger you are logging from.

$ cat testlog.py
import logging
logging.basicConfig(filename='foo', level=logging.DEBUG)
root_logger = logging.getLogger()
root_logger.debug('bar')

my_logger = logging.getLogger('my_logger')
FORMAT = "%(process)s %(thread)s: %(message)s"
formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt=FORMAT)
handler = logging.StreamHandler()
handler.setFormatter(formatter)

my_logger.addHandler(handler)
my_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
my_logger.info('baz')

my_logger.propagate = False
my_logger.info('foobar')

my_logger.propagate = True
my_logger.info('foobaz')
root_logger.handlers = []
my_logger.info('barbaz')

$ python testlog.py
5927 140735224465760: baz
5927 140735224465760: foobar
5927 140735224465760: foobaz
5927 140735224465760: barbaz

$ cat foo
DEBUG:root:bar
INFO:my_logger:baz
INFO:my_logger:foobaz

Solution 2:

You can remove the default handler from the getLogger() using this:

logging.getLogger().removeHandler(logging.getLogger().handlers[0])

Or clear the existing handlers first before adding handlers that you want:

logging.getLogger().handlers.clear()

After doing so, these logs will no longer display except the new handlers you have added:

DEBUG: Do stuff
WARNING: Do stuff