django - how to filter out GET static and media messages with logging?

django, logging

Solution

Recent versions of Django make it really easy to override the default logging with your own `LOGGING` settings.

To filter out all GET requests to the `/static/` directory, add the following to your `settings.py`:

def skip_static_requests(record):
    return not record.args[0].startswith('GET /static/')

LOGGING = {
    'version': 1,
    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
    'filters': {
        # use Django's built in CallbackFilter to point to your filter 
        'skip_static_requests': {
            '()': 'django.utils.log.CallbackFilter',
            'callback': skip_static_requests
        }
    },
    'formatters': {
        # django's default formatter
        'django.server': {
            '()': 'django.utils.log.ServerFormatter',
            'format': '[%(server_time)s] %(message)s',
        }
    },
    'handlers': {
        # django's default handler...
        'django.server': {
            'level': 'INFO',
            'filters': ['skip_static_requests'],  # <- ...with one change
            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
            'formatter': 'django.server',
        },
    },
    'loggers': {
        # django's default logger
        'django.server': {
            'handlers': ['django.server'],
            'level': 'INFO',
            'propagate': False,
        },
    }
}

Here are all of Django's default loggers as of 1.10, which you can override in the same way: https://github.com/django/django/blob/32265361279b3316f5bce8efa71f2049409461e3/django/utils/log.py#L18

Here are descriptions of what Django's default built-in loggers do: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/logging/#id3

Here's are the docs on Django's `CallbackFilter` used above to hook in the custom filter: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/logging/#django.utils.log.CallbackFilter

Problem

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