Configure logging in the Azure libraries for Python

Azure Libraries for Python that are based on azure.core provide logging output using the standard Python logging library.

The general process to work with logging is as follows:

1. Acquire the logging object for the desired library and set the logging level.
2. Register a handler for the logging stream.
3. To include HTTP information, pass a logging_enable=True parameter to a client object constructor, a credential object constructor, or to a specific method.

Details are provided in the remaining sections of this article.

As a general rule, the best resource for understanding logging usage within the libraries is to browse the SDK source code at github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python. We encourage you to clone this repository locally so you can easily search for details when needed, as the following sections suggest.

Set logging levels

import logging

# ...

# Acquire the logger for a library (azure.mgmt.resource in this example)
logger = logging.getLogger('azure.mgmt.resource')

# Set the desired logging level
logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

• This example acquires the logger for the azure.mgmt.resource library, then sets the logging level to logging.DEBUG.
• You can call logger.setLevel at any time to change the logging level for different segments of code.

To set a level for a different library, use that library's name in the logging.getLogger call. For example, the azure-eventhubs library provides a logger named azure.eventhubs, the azure-storage-queue library provides a logger named azure.storage.queue, and so on. (The SDK source code frequently uses the statement logging.getLogger(__name__), which acquires a logger using the name of the containing module.)

You can also use more general namespaces. For example,

import logging

# Set the logging level for all azure-storage-* libraries
logger = logging.getLogger('azure.storage')
logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)

# Set the logging level for all azure-* libraries
logger = logging.getLogger('azure')
logger.setLevel(logging.ERROR)

The azure logger is used by some libraries instead of a specific logger. For example, the azure-storage-blob library uses the azure logger.

You can use the logger.isEnabledFor method to check whether any given logging level is enabled:

print(
    f"Logger enabled for ERROR={logger.isEnabledFor(logging.ERROR)}, "
    f"WARNING={logger.isEnabledFor(logging.WARNING)}, "
    f"INFO={logger.isEnabledFor(logging.INFO)}, "
    f"DEBUG={logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG)}"
)

Logging levels are the same as the standard logging library levels. The following table describes the general use of these logging levels in the Azure libraries for Python:

Library-specific logging level behavior

The exact logging behavior at each level depends on the library in question. Some libraries, such as azure.eventhub, perform extensive logging whereas other libraries do little.

The best way to examine the exact logging for a library is to search for the logging levels in the Azure SDK for Python source code:

1. In the repository folder, navigate into the sdk folder, then navigate into the folder for the specific service of interest.

2. In that folder, search for any of the following strings:

   • _LOGGER.error
   • _LOGGER.warning
   • _LOGGER.info
   • _LOGGER.debug

Register a log stream handler

To capture logging output, you must register at least one log stream handler in your code:

import logging
# Direct logging output to stdout. Without adding a handler,
# no logging output is visible.
handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stdout)
logger.addHandler(handler)

This example registers a handler that directs log output to stdout. You can use other types of handlers as described on logging.handlers in the Python documentation or use the standard logging.basicConfig method.

Enable HTTP logging for a client object or operation

By default, logging within the Azure libraries doesn't include any HTTP information. To include HTTP information in log output, you must explicitly pass logging_enable=True to a client or credential object constructor or to a specific method.

Enable HTTP logging for a client object

from azure.storage.blob import BlobClient
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

# Enable HTTP logging on the client object when using DEBUG level
# endpoint is the Blob storage URL.
client = BlobClient(endpoint, DefaultAzureCredential(), logging_enable=True)

Enabling HTTP logging for a client object enables logging for all operations invoked through that object.

Enable HTTP logging for a credential object

from azure.storage.blob import BlobClient
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

# Enable HTTP logging on the credential object when using DEBUG level
credential = DefaultAzureCredential(logging_enable=True)

# endpoint is the Blob storage URL.
client = BlobClient(endpoint, credential)

Enabling HTTP logging for a credential object enables logging for all operations invoked through that object, but not for operations in a client object that don't involve authentication.

Enable logging for an individual method

from azure.storage.blob import BlobClient
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

# endpoint is the Blob storage URL.
client = BlobClient(endpoint, DefaultAzureCredential())

# Enable HTTP logging for only this operation when using DEBUG level
client.create_container("container01", logging_enable=True)

Example logging output

The following code is that shown in Example: Use a storage account with the addition of enabling DEBUG and HTTP logging:

import logging
import os
import sys
import uuid

from azure.core import exceptions
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.storage.blob import BlobClient

logger = logging.getLogger("azure")
logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

# Set the logging level for the azure.storage.blob library
logger = logging.getLogger("azure.storage.blob")
logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

# Direct logging output to stdout. Without adding a handler,
# no logging output is visible.
handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stdout)
logger.addHandler(handler)

print(
    f"Logger enabled for ERROR={logger.isEnabledFor(logging.ERROR)}, "
    f"WARNING={logger.isEnabledFor(logging.WARNING)}, "
    f"INFO={logger.isEnabledFor(logging.INFO)}, "
    f"DEBUG={logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG)}"
)

try:
    credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
    storage_url = os.environ["AZURE_STORAGE_BLOB_URL"]
    unique_str = str(uuid.uuid4())[0:5]

    # Enable logging on the client object
    blob_client = BlobClient(
        storage_url,
        container_name="blob-container-01",
        blob_name=f"sample-blob-{unique_str}.txt",
        credential=credential,
    )

    with open("./sample-source.txt", "rb") as data:
        blob_client.upload_blob(data, logging_body=True, logging_enable=True)

except (
    exceptions.ClientAuthenticationError,
    exceptions.HttpResponseError
) as e:
    print(e.message)

The output is as follows:

Logger enabled for ERROR=True, WARNING=True, INFO=True, DEBUG=True
Request URL: 'https://pythonazurestorage12345.blob.core.windows.net/blob-container-01/sample-blob-5588e.txt'
Request method: 'PUT'
Request headers:
    'Content-Length': '77'
    'x-ms-blob-type': 'BlockBlob'
    'If-None-Match': '*'
    'x-ms-version': '2023-11-03'
    'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream'
    'Accept': 'application/xml'
    'User-Agent': 'azsdk-python-storage-blob/12.19.0 Python/3.10.11 (Windows-10-10.0.22631-SP0)'
    'x-ms-date': 'Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:25:53 GMT'
    'x-ms-client-request-id': '8f7b1b0b-b700-11ee-b391-782b46f5c56b'
    'Authorization': '*****'
Request body:
b"Hello there, Azure Storage. I'm a friendly file ready to be stored in a blob."
Response status: 201
Response headers:
    'Content-Length': '0'
    'Content-MD5': 'SUytm0872jZh+KYqtgjbTA=='
    'Last-Modified': 'Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:25:54 GMT'
    'ETag': '"0x8DC1924749AE3C3"'
    'Server': 'Windows-Azure-Blob/1.0 Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0'
    'x-ms-request-id': '7ac499fa-601e-006d-3f0d-4bdf28000000'
    'x-ms-client-request-id': '8f7b1b0b-b700-11ee-b391-782b46f5c56b'
    'x-ms-version': '2023-11-03'
    'x-ms-content-crc64': 'rtHLUlztgxc='
    'x-ms-request-server-encrypted': 'true'
    'Date': 'Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:25:53 GMT'
Response content:
b''