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app/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from logging.config import dictConfig
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_socketio import SocketIO
 from .models import db
@@ -8,6 +9,60 @@ 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
+            }
+        }
+    })
+
     app = Flask(__name__, static_folder='static', static_url_path='/static')
     app.config.from_object('config.Config')
     db.init_app(app)
@@ -20,7 +75,6 @@ def create_app():
     init_serializer(app)
     init_auth(app)
 
-
     socketio.init_app(app)
 
     from .routes import main