added logging

app/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-from logging.config import dictConfig
+import os
+import logging
+from logging.handlers import WatchedFileHandler
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_socketio import SocketIO
 from .models import db
@@ -9,62 +11,22 @@ from .seed_db import seed_courses
 socketio = SocketIO(async_mode='eventlet', cors_allowed_origins="*")
 
 def create_app():
-    # Configure logging BEFORE creating the application object
-    dictConfig({
-        'version': 1,
-        'disable_existing_loggers': False,
-        'formatters': {
-            'default': {
-                'format': '[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s in %(module)s: %(message)s',
-            },
-            'plain': {
-                'format': '%(message)s',
-            }
-        },
-        'handlers': {
-            # Console handler (keeps logs visible in terminal)
-            'wsgi': {
-                'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-                'stream': 'ext://flask.logging.wsgi_errors_stream',
-                'formatter': 'default'
-            },
-            # File handler for Application Logs (slides.log)
-            'slides_file': {
-                'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
-                'filename': 'slides.log',
-                'maxBytes': 1024 * 1024 * 10,  # 10 MB
-                'backupCount': 5,
-                'formatter': 'default',
-                'level': 'INFO',
-                'encoding': 'utf8'
-            },
-            # File handler for Request Logs (requests.log)
-            'requests_file': {
-                'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
-                'filename': 'requests.log',
-                'maxBytes': 1024 * 1024 * 10,  # 10 MB
-                'backupCount': 5,
-                'formatter': 'plain', # Requests already have timestamps/formatting
-                'level': 'INFO',
-                'encoding': 'utf8'
-            }
-        },
-        'root': {
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'handlers': ['wsgi', 'slides_file']
-        },
-        'loggers': {
-            # Isolate the Werkzeug request logger
-            'werkzeug': {
-                'level': 'INFO',
-                'handlers': ['wsgi', 'requests_file'],
-                'propagate': False # Prevent requests from leaking into slides.log
-            }
-        }
-    })
+    # 1. Setup Log Directory
+    log_dir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'logs') 
+    if not os.path.exists(log_dir):
+        os.makedirs(log_dir)
 
     app = Flask(__name__, static_folder='static', static_url_path='/static')
     app.config.from_object('config.Config')
+
+    file_handler = WatchedFileHandler(log_dir + '/app.log', mode='a', encoding='UTF-8')
+    file_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(
+        '%(asctime)s %(levelname)s [%(module)s:%(lineno)d]: %(message)s'
+        ))
+    file_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    app.logger.addHandler(file_handler)
+    app.logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
     db.init_app(app)
 
     with app.app_context():