Fix Python – Duplicate log output when using Python logging module

Question 1

I am using python logger. The following is my code:

import os
import time
import datetime
import logging
class Logger :
   def myLogger(self):
      logger = logging.getLogger('ProvisioningPython')
      logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
      now = datetime.datetime.now()
      handler=logging.FileHandler('/root/credentials/Logs/ProvisioningPython'+ now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") +'.log')
      formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s')
      handler.setFormatter(formatter)
      logger.addHandler(handler)
      return logger

The problem I have is that I get multiple entries in the log file for each logger.info call. How can I solve this?

Question 2

The logging.getLogger() is returns the same instance for a given name. (Documentation)

The problem is that every time you call myLogger(), it’s adding another handler to the instance, which causes the duplicate logs.

Perhaps something like this?

import os
import time
import datetime
import logging

loggers = {}

def myLogger(name):
    global loggers
    
    if loggers.get(name):
        return loggers.get(name)
    else:
        logger = logging.getLogger(name)
        logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
        now = datetime.datetime.now()
        handler = logging.FileHandler(
            '/root/credentials/Logs/ProvisioningPython' 
            + now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") 
            + '.log')
        formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s')
        handler.setFormatter(formatter)
        logger.addHandler(handler)
        loggers[name] = logger
                       
        return logger

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