I created this module because I had had enough of writing and rewriting the same piece of code every time I needed to print something in Python 💢. I wanted two things:

• To be able to keep what I had printed on the console after I having closed it -> log file 📁
• To see the time when the print was executed -> print prefix ⌚️

In addition to all that I added a simple and nice feature which is multiple print "types":

• Information [INFO] -> the basic one, replaces the old print
• Debugging [DEBUG] -> when you print something just to see a variable content, Oh yeah you need this!
• Warning [WARNING] -> when you need to show a warning
• Error [ERROR] -> when you need to display that an error occurred, so we do not need to use raise which prints a massive and ugly block of red code inside your clean and sweet console

It also had to be fully customizable because I hate it when I am forced to use some part of a module that I do not really like 💯.

Feel free to make a pull request if you have any upgrade idea.

That is it! A new way to print things in python! ✅

Use PrintBetter to have a nice prefix before printing anything on the console output. It also creates a clean log file where you can find anything that you have printed during the program execution. 😊

Installation is really simple:

pip install printbetter

You need to initialize the module in order to have the log file set up properly:

import printbetter as pb

pb.init()  # Initializes the log file and the printing format

pb.info("Everything is set up properly!")

import printbetter as pb

pb.init()

pb.info("information")
pb.debug("variable debug")
pb.warn("warning")
pb.err("error")

This module uses 2 other modules that it imports:

• time
• os

(no need to install anything, the 2 modules are in the Standard Python Module Library)

The full documentation 📄 below comes directly from the code's docstring. It makes the documentation readable directly from any compatible IDE or text editors. I recommend using Visual Studio Code.

You should call this function before logging anything in your program. Initializes the module: creates the log file in the right path and defines the logging format. If needed all the different parameters are here to set each variable without using the proper function.

def init(print_out=True, log_file=True, log_path="logs/logfile_%d-%m-%y_%H.%M.%S.log",
         log_format='[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s : %(message)s', log_date_fmt='%d/%m/%y %H:%M:%S',
         print_prefix_format="[%d/%m/%y %H:%M:%S]"):

Logs an information out.

[09/04/20 11:14:40] INFO : information

Logs a debugging information out.

[09/04/20 11:14:40] DEBUG : variable debug

Logs a warning out.

[09/04/20 11:14:40] WARNING : warning

Logs an error out.

[09/04/20 11:14:40] ERROR : error

Disables the creation of the log file and the logging into an existing log file for the next printbetter functions.

pb.disable_LOG_FILE()  # Disables the log file
pb.init()  # Initializes the printing format
pb.info("Everything is set up properly!")  # Formats the text and prints it on the console only

Re-enables the creation of the log file and the logging into the log file for next printbetter functions.

pb.init()  # Initializes the printing format
pb.info("Everything is set up properly!")  # Printed on the console and written in the log file
pb.disable_LOG_FILE()  # Disables the log file
pb.info("Just print this!")  # Only printed on the console
pb.enable_LOG_FILE()  # Enables the logging into the log file
pb.info("Everything is set up properly!")  # Printed on the console and written in the log file

Disables the printing on the console for next printbetter functions.

pb.disable_PRINT_OUT()  # Disables the console printing
pb.init()  # Initialization
pb.info("Everything is set up properly!")  # Formats the text and writes it in the log file only

Re-enables the console printing for next printbetter functions.

pb.init()  # Initialization
pb.info("Everything is set up properly!")  # Printed on the console and written in the log file
pb.disable_PRINT_OUT()  # Disables the console printing
pb.info("Just log this!")  # Only written in the log file
pb.enable_PRINT_OUT()  # Enables the console printing
pb.info("Everything is set up properly!")  # Printed on the console and written in the log file

This module was developed by Lucas Jung alias @Gruvw. Contact me directly on GitHub or via E-Mail at: [email protected]