PythonLoggingHack

try:
    import logging
    logger = logging.getLogger('thisApp')
except ImportError, e:
    #no logging module, hack it
    class Logging(object):
        def __init__(self, level='INFO'):
            import re
            self.level = level
        def log(self, level, msg):
            #NOTE: logger actually logs to /var/log/messages, changing thisApp.log to messages
            # breaks all logging when this script is run as apache.
            logCmd = '/usr/bin/logger -f /var/log/thisApp.log -t thisApp '
            quote_regex = re.compile('[\'\"]+')
            #substitute blank strings for all ' or " i.e. patty o'hara -> patty ohara
            msg = quote_regex.sub('', msg )
            cmd = '%s "thisApp:%s: %s"' % (logCmd, level, msg)
            if mode == 'prod':
                status, output = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
            else:
                print cmd
            #status and output are ignored
        def debug(self, msg):
            if self.level == 'DEBUG':
                self.log('DEBUG', str(msg))
        def info(self, msg):
            self.log('INFO', str(msg))
        def warning(self, msg):
            self.log('WARNING', str(msg))
        def error(self, msg):
            self.log('ERROR', str(msg))
        def exception(self, msg):
            self.log('EXCEPTION', str(msg))
    logger = Logging()