Root logger in dictconfig
django, logging, python, sentry
Solution
Either way will work, because the logger named `''` is the root logger. Specifying the top-level key `root` makes it clearer what you're doing if you're configuring a lot of loggers - the `''` logger configuration could be lost inside a group of others, whereas the `root` key is adjacent to the `loggers` key and so (in theory) should stand out more.
To reiterate, the key named `root` is a top-level key; it's not under `loggers`.
Problem
I want to setup a Sentry logger for a Django project. I will define a `sentry` handler and will put that handler in the root logger with `error` level. According to the documentation of `logging` module, there a special `root` key: `root` - this will be the configuration for the root logger. Processing of the configuration will be as for any logger, except that the `propagate` setting will not be applicable. At the same time in other places a logger with name `''` is used to contain configuration for the root logger. Does this have the same effect? What is preferable? ``` >>> import logging >>> logging.getLogger('') is logging.root True >>> ```