Question

I’m attempting to use Python’s logging module to send emails containing logs. The problem that I’m having is that each time I write a log entry, an email is sent. How do I queue the log messages and send a single email at the conclusion of the script?

I have a feeling that it’s done with the emit() method, but I can’t figure out how to use it.

import logging, logging.handlers
log = logging.getLogger("mylogger")
log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
h2 = logging.handlers.SMTPHandler(mailhost='mailserver',
                            fromaddr='[e-mail]',
                            toaddrs=['[e-mail]'],
                            subject='The log',
                            credentials=('user','pwd'),
                            secure=None)
h2.setLevel(logging.INFO)
h2.setFormatter(f)
log.addHandler(h2)

log.info("Did something")
log.info("Did something else")
log.info("This would send a third email. :-(")

Answer 1

See this answer which I gave for a similar question. An example handler to use is here; you can adapt it to your requirements.