Install:

pip install logrepl

run the repl:

pylogrepl

then the whole repl will be logged to the file yyyymmddhhmm.log.

You can also use logrepl to log the whole stream io of a program by:

import logrepl
with logrepl.log_handler(
    log_dir,
    prefix,
    err_acc_time
) as logrepl_handler:
    # import modules and packages
    # run your program here
    # ...

Beware that you have to import all the modules and packages in the with clause. If a logger of some module or package is initialized before the with clause, logrepl cannot modify its logging.StreamHandler, then all the iniformation directed to that StreamHandler will not be logged.

use the optional positional argument, for example:

pylogrepl prefix

then the log file will be prefix_yyyymmddhhmm.log.

use the -d or --dir options:

pylogrepl -d "store/logs"
pylogrepl --dir "store/logs"

then the log file will be in the store/logs directory.

We found that if something goes wrong in logrepl, it may produce many highly repeatitive exceptions is a short time. To avoid getting overwhelmed by those error messages, logrepl will collect them in a time interval and then print the non-duplicated ones. To set the time interval (although it should be non-necessary), use the '-t' or '--time' options:

pylogrepl -t 1.5
pylogrepl --time 1.5

the unit is in second.

You can also sepcify the prefix & the directory by making a .pylogrepl in the working directory:

dir=logs
prefix=my_prefix
err_acc_time=1.5

note that the command line arguments are prioritized over the settings in .pylogrepl. We recommend such an approach:

• specifying dir in .pylogrepl.
• specifying prefix by command line argument

since you may want to change the prefix frequently but not the dir.

By executing pylogrepl, the logrepl_handler of class logrepl.Handler will be loaded to the current namespace. The logrepl_handler controls the logging behavior of the repl.

logrepl.Handler.set_dir(log_dir)

Update new logging dir. log_dir must be string or Path. The suffix _yyyymmddhhmm.log will also be updated while the prefix will remain unchanged.

logrepl.Handler.set_prefix(prefix)

Update new prefix for the log file. prefix sholud be str or None. The suffix _yyyymmddhhmm.log will also be updated while the log_dir will remain unchanged. Drop the prefix of new log file by setting prefix as None.

logrepl.Handler.update_suffix()

Update the timestamp suffix with log_dir & prefix unchanged.

logrepl.Handler.start_log()

Start logging to the file.

logrepl.Handler.stop_log()

Stop logging to the file.

logrepl.Handler.set_io()

To log everything of the repl, logrepl modifies sys.stdin/stdout/stderr & builtins.input by this method.

logrepl.Handler.reset_io()

Reset sys.stdin/stdout/stderr & builtins.input as-is. The input to the repl wil stil be logged into the file after executing reset_io.

Exceptions ocurred when writing to the log file will not be logged since it'll lead to infinite loop.