How to list all existing loggers using python.logging module

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Is there a way in Python to get a list of all defined loggers?

I mean, does something exist such as logging.getAllLoggers() which would return a list of Logger objects?

I searched the python.logging documentation but couldn't find such a method.

3 Answers

Loggers are held in a hierarchy by a logging.Manager instance. You can interrogate the manager on the root logger for the loggers it knows about.

import logging

loggers = [logging.getLogger(name) for name in logging.root.manager.loggerDict]

Calling getLogger(name) ensures that any placeholder loggers held by loggerDict are fully initialized when they are added to the list.

If you want to include RootLogger in the list as well, do something similar to:

import logging
loggers = [logging.getLogger()]  # get the root logger
loggers = loggers + [logging.getLogger(name) for name in logging.root.manager.loggerDict]

tested on Python 3.7.4

If you are trying to examine the hierarchy of logging objects, I'd recommend using logging_tree.printout():

import logging_tree

logging_tree.printout()

Or, if you want to have the logging tree accessible to your code:

logging_tree.tree()

See https://pypi.org/project/logging_tree/ for more info.

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