Logguard

Logguard is a lightweight logging and assertion library designed to make it easy to capture rich context and structured logs in Python applications. It provides a simple API for logging with automatic source capture, flexible configuration, and a semantic exception hierarchy.

It is built on top of the logging and rich libraries for enhanced logging capabilities.

⭐ Features

• Easy Configuration: Set up logging in one line with AppLogger
• File Rotation: Automatic log rotation with configurable size and backup count
• Rich Console Output: Beautiful console logs with Rich support
• JSON Logging: Optional structured JSON output for log aggregation systems
• Environment-Aware Assertions: CHECK, ASSERT, ENSURE, VERIFY with context
• Specialized Helpers: ASSERT_TYPE, ASSERT_IN_RANGE, ASSERT_NOT_NULL, etc.
• Semantic Exceptions: Clear exception hierarchy (ValidationError, AssertFailure, etc.)
• Fast Startup: Lazy imports for minimal performance impact
• Library Silencing: Automatically suppresses noisy third-party library logs

Installation

Install with pip or your favorite PyPI package manager.

python -m pip install py-logguard

For development with optional dependencies:

python -m pip install py-logguard[dev]

For JSON logging support:

python -m pip install py-logguard[json]

🚩 Quick Start

Logging

Logguard provides a simple way to configure logging with sensible defaults. Just call setup() once and you're ready to go.

from logguard import AppLogger

AppLogger.setup(log_file="logs/app.log", console_level="INFO")
logger = AppLogger.get_logger(__name__)

logger.info("Application started")
logger.debug("Debug info")
logger.warning("Warning")
logger.error("Error occurred")

Logging will output to both console and file, with automatic rotation when files get too large.

Assertions

Logguard provides environment-aware assertions that adapt their behavior based on APP_ENV:

Assertion	Development	Production	Use Case
CHECK	Raises	Raises	Critical invariants
ASSERT	Raises	Ignored	Debug checks
ENSURE	Raises	Logs	Preconditions
VERIFY	Raises	Logs	Postconditions

from logguard import CHECK, ASSERT, ENSURE, VERIFY

# CHECK: Always raises - use for critical invariants
CHECK(config is not None, "Configuration required", component="auth")

# ASSERT: Raises in dev, ignored in prod - use for debugging
ASSERT(age > 0, "Age must be positive", age=age)

# ENSURE: Raises in dev, logs in prod - use for preconditions
def process_order(order):
    ENSURE(order.is_valid(), "Invalid order", order_id=order.id)

# VERIFY: Raises in dev, logs in prod - use for postconditions
result = calculate_total(items)
VERIFY(result >= 0, "Total cannot be negative", result=result)

Configure environment via APP_ENV variable:

• Development: dev, development, local, test
• Production: prod, production

Specialized Assertions

Logguard includes helpers for common validation patterns:

from logguard import (
    ASSERT_NOT_NULL,
    ASSERT_TYPE,
    ASSERT_IN_RANGE,
    ASSERT_EQUALS,
    ASSERT_IN,
    ASSERT_NOT_EMPTY,
    ASSERT_GREATER,
    ASSERT_LESS,
)

# Null checks
ASSERT_NOT_NULL(user, "User is required")

# Type checking
ASSERT_TYPE(config, dict, "Expected dictionary")

# Range validation (inclusive)
ASSERT_IN_RANGE(percentage, 0, 100, "Invalid percentage")

# Equality
ASSERT_EQUALS(response.status, 200, "Expected success")

# Membership
ASSERT_IN(status, ["pending", "active"], "Invalid status")

# Non-empty
ASSERT_NOT_EMPTY(items, "Items list cannot be empty")

# Comparisons
ASSERT_GREATER(balance, 0, "Balance must be positive")
ASSERT_LESS(retry_count, max_retries, "Too many retries")

Each helper raises a specific exception type (NullError, TypeErrorAssert, RangeError, etc.) for precise error handling.

Custom Exceptions

Logguard provides a semantic exception hierarchy for clearer error handling:

from logguard import (
    LogGuardError,
    ValidationError,
    AssertFailure,
    NullError,
    RangeError,
    ConfigurationError,
    ResourceNotFoundError,
    ForbiddenError,
)

# All exceptions include rich context
try:
    raise ValidationError("Invalid email", context={"field": "email", "value": "bad@"})
except LogGuardError as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
    print(f"Details: {e.to_dict()}")
    # {'type': 'ValidationError', 'message': 'Invalid email', 'context': {'field': 'email', 'value': 'bad@'}}

# Catch specific assertion failures
try:
    ASSERT_IN_RANGE(age, 0, 150)
except RangeError as e:
    handle_invalid_age(e.context)

# Resource errors
raise ResourceNotFoundError("User", identifier=123)
raise ForbiddenError("Access denied", user_id=456)

Exception Hierarchy:

LogGuardError
├── ConfigurationError
│   └── MissingConfigError
├── ValidationError
│   └── AssertFailure
│       ├── NullError
│       ├── RangeError
│       ├── TypeErrorAssert
│       ├── EmptyError
│       ├── EqualsError
│       ├── ComparisonError
│       └── MembershipError
└── ResourceError
    ├── ResourceNotFoundError
    └── ForbiddenError

Configuration

Configure the assertion system programmatically:

from logguard import AssertionConfig, AssertionManager

# Switch to production mode (ASSERT becomes no-op)
AssertionManager.configure(
    AssertionConfig(environment="production", enable_asserts=True)
)

# Custom failure handlers
def my_raise_handler(message, context, exception_class):
    # Log to Sentry, then raise
    sentry.capture_message(message, extra=context)
    raise exception_class(message, context=context)

def my_log_handler(message, context, exception_class):
    # Custom logging
    metrics.increment("assertion_failures")
    logger.warning(f"{exception_class.__name__}: {message}")

AssertionManager.set_failure_strategy(
    raise_strategy=my_raise_handler,
    log_strategy=my_log_handler,
)

# Reset to defaults (useful for testing)
AssertionManager.reset()

JSON Logging

For production environments, enable JSON logs for structured log aggregation:

from logguard import AppLogger

AppLogger.setup(json_logs=True, log_file="logs/app.json")
logger = AppLogger.get_logger(__name__)

logger.info("User logged in", extra={"user_id": 123})
logger.error("Database error", extra={"error_code": "DB_001"})

Requires: pip install py-logguard[json]

💡 Tip: Check out examples/demo.py for a complete, interactive demonstration of all LogGuard features with Rich console output!

Run it with:

python examples/demo.py

📚 API Reference

AppLogger - Logging Configuration

AppLogger is the main interface for logging. Configure it once and get loggers throughout your application.

Setup:

AppLogger.setup(
    log_file="logs/app.log",      # Path to log file
    console_level="INFO",          # Console output level
    file_level="DEBUG",            # File output level
    json_logs=False,               # Enable JSON formatting
    max_bytes=5_000_000,           # Max file size before rotation
    backup_count=3,                # Number of backups to keep
    delay=True,                    # Delay file creation until first log
)

Methods:

• get_logger(name: str | None = None) - Get or create a logger instance
• set_level(level: str, handler_type: str = "all") - Change log level dynamically
• silence_noisy_libraries(modules: list[str] | None = None) - Suppress third-party logs
• reset() - Reset configuration (useful for testing)

Assertions - Environment-Aware Validation

Core Assertions:

Function	Behavior
CHECK(condition, message, **context)	Always raises AssertFailure
ASSERT(condition, message, **context)	Raises in dev, ignored in prod
ENSURE(condition, message, **context)	Raises in dev, logs in prod
VERIFY(condition, message, **context)	Raises in dev, logs in prod

Specialized Helpers:

Function	Exception Type
ASSERT_NOT_NULL(value, message)	NullError
ASSERT_NULL(value, message)	NullError
ASSERT_EQUALS(actual, expected, message)	EqualsError
ASSERT_GREATER(a, b, message)	ComparisonError
ASSERT_LESS(a, b, message)	ComparisonError
ASSERT_IN_RANGE(value, min, max, message)	RangeError
ASSERT_BETWEEN_EXCLUSIVE(value, min, max, message)	RangeError
ASSERT_TYPE(value, expected, message)	TypeErrorAssert
ASSERT_NOT_EMPTY(value, message)	EmptyError
ASSERT_IN(item, container, message)	MembershipError

Configuration Classes:

• AssertionConfig(environment, enable_asserts) - Configuration dataclass
• AssertionManager - Central assertion engine with configure(), set_failure_strategy(), reset()

Exceptions - Semantic Error Hierarchy

All exceptions inherit from LogGuardError and include rich context information.

Properties:

• message - Error description
• context - Additional context data (dict)
• .to_dict() - Serialize to dictionary for logging

Exception Types:

Exception	Description
LogGuardError	Base for all exceptions
ConfigurationError	Invalid configuration
MissingConfigError	Required config key missing
ValidationError	Validation failures
AssertFailure	Base for assertion failures
NullError	Unexpected None value
RangeError	Value out of range
TypeErrorAssert	Wrong type
EmptyError	Unexpected empty value
EqualsError	Values not equal
ComparisonError	Comparison failed
MembershipError	Item not in container
ResourceError	Resource-related errors
ResourceNotFoundError	Resource not found
ForbiddenError	Permission denied

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome. Feel free to check the issues page.

📜 License

Happy coding! ❤️