Stackdriver Logging API: Writes log entries and manages your Stackdriver Logging configuration.
In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following steps:
- Select or create a Cloud Platform project.
- Enable billing for your project.
- Enable the Stackdriver Logging API.
- Setup Authentication.
Install this library in a virtualenv using pip. virtualenv is a tool to create isolated Python environments. The basic problem it addresses is one of dependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions.
With virtualenv, it's possible to install this library without needing system install permissions, and without clashing with the installed system dependencies.
Python >= 3.5
Python == 2.7. Python 2.7 support will be removed on January 1, 2020.
pip install virtualenv
virtualenv <your-env>
source <your-env>/bin/activate
<your-env>/bin/pip install google-cloud-loggingpip install virtualenv
virtualenv <your-env>
<your-env>\Scripts\activate
<your-env>\Scripts\pip.exe install google-cloud-loggingfrom google.cloud import logging_v2
client = logging_v2.LoggingServiceV2Client()
entries = []
response = client.write_log_entries(entries)from google.cloud import logging
client = logging.Client()
logger = client.logger('log_name')
logger.log_text('A simple entry') # API callExample of fetching entries:
from google.cloud import logging
client = logging.Client()
logger = client.logger('log_name')
for entry in logger.list_entries():
print(entry.payload)- Read the Client Library Documentation for to see other available methods on the client.
- Read the Product documentation to learn more about the product and see How-to Guides.