Python logging.Handler() Examples

def __init_logging(self):
        try: # To avoid "No handler found" warnings for Python version < 2.7
            from logging import NullHandler
        except ImportError:
            class NullHandler(logging.Handler):
                def emit(self, record): pass

        self.__logger = logging.getLogger(self.__logger_name)
        self.__logger.addHandler(NullHandler()) # defaults to the do-nothing NullHandler
        #self.__logger.setLevel(logging.INFO) # defaults to logging.INFO

        # Logger test messages
        #self.__logger.debug('debug message')
        #self.__logger.info('info message')
        # self.__logger.warn('warn message')
        # self.__logger.error('error message')
        # self.__logger.critical('critical message') 

def __init__(self, host, port):
        """
        Initializes the handler with a specific host address and port.

        The attribute 'closeOnError' is set to 1 - which means that if
        a socket error occurs, the socket is silently closed and then
        reopened on the next logging call.
        """
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        self.host = host
        self.port = port
        self.sock = None
        self.closeOnError = 0
        self.retryTime = None
        #
        # Exponential backoff parameters.
        #
        self.retryStart = 1.0
        self.retryMax = 30.0
        self.retryFactor = 2.0 

def __init__(self, address=('localhost', SYSLOG_UDP_PORT),
                 facility=LOG_USER, socktype=socket.SOCK_DGRAM):
        """
        Initialize a handler.

        If address is specified as a string, a UNIX socket is used. To log to a
        local syslogd, "SysLogHandler(address="/dev/log")" can be used.
        If facility is not specified, LOG_USER is used.
        """
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)

        self.address = address
        self.facility = facility
        self.socktype = socktype

        if isinstance(address, basestring):
            self.unixsocket = 1
            self._connect_unixsocket(address)
        else:
            self.unixsocket = 0
            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socktype)
            if socktype == socket.SOCK_STREAM:
                self.socket.connect(address)
        self.formatter = None 

def __init__(self, appname, dllname=None, logtype="Application"):
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        try:
            import win32evtlogutil, win32evtlog
            self.appname = appname
            self._welu = win32evtlogutil
            if not dllname:
                dllname = os.path.split(self._welu.__file__)
                dllname = os.path.split(dllname[0])
                dllname = os.path.join(dllname[0], r'win32service.pyd')
            self.dllname = dllname
            self.logtype = logtype
            self._welu.AddSourceToRegistry(appname, dllname, logtype)
            self.deftype = win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE
            self.typemap = {
                logging.DEBUG   : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                logging.INFO    : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                logging.WARNING : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_WARNING_TYPE,
                logging.ERROR   : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
                logging.CRITICAL: win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
         }
        except ImportError:
            print("The Python Win32 extensions for NT (service, event "\
                        "logging) appear not to be available.")
            self._welu = None 

def patch_async_emit(handler: Handler):
    base_emit = handler.emit
    queue = Queue()

    def loop():
        while True:
            record = queue.get()
            try:
                base_emit(record)
            except:
                print(sys.exc_info())

    def async_emit(record):
        queue.put(record)

    thread = Thread(target=loop)
    thread.daemon = True
    thread.start()
    handler.emit = async_emit
    return handler 

def __init__(self, host, port):
        """
        Initializes the handler with a specific host address and port.

        The attribute 'closeOnError' is set to 1 - which means that if
        a socket error occurs, the socket is silently closed and then
        reopened on the next logging call.
        """
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        self.host = host
        self.port = port
        self.sock = None
        self.closeOnError = 0
        self.retryTime = None
        #
        # Exponential backoff parameters.
        #
        self.retryStart = 1.0
        self.retryMax = 30.0
        self.retryFactor = 2.0 

def __init__(self, appname, dllname=None, logtype="Application"):
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        try:
            import win32evtlogutil, win32evtlog
            self.appname = appname
            self._welu = win32evtlogutil
            if not dllname:
                dllname = os.path.split(self._welu.__file__)
                dllname = os.path.split(dllname[0])
                dllname = os.path.join(dllname[0], r'win32service.pyd')
            self.dllname = dllname
            self.logtype = logtype
            self._welu.AddSourceToRegistry(appname, dllname, logtype)
            self.deftype = win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE
            self.typemap = {
                logging.DEBUG   : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                logging.INFO    : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                logging.WARNING : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_WARNING_TYPE,
                logging.ERROR   : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
                logging.CRITICAL: win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
         }
        except ImportError:
            print("The Python Win32 extensions for NT (service, event "\
                        "logging) appear not to be available.")
            self._welu = None 

def __init__(self,
                 access_token=None,
                 environment=None,
                 level=logging.INFO,
                 history_size=10,
                 history_level=logging.DEBUG):

        logging.Handler.__init__(self)

        if access_token is not None:
            rollbar.init(access_token, environment)

        self.notify_level = level

        self.history_size = history_size
        if history_size > 0:
            self._history.records = []

        self.setHistoryLevel(history_level) 

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        client = kwargs.pop('client_cls', Client)
        if len(args) == 1:
            arg = args[0]
            args = args[1:]
            if isinstance(arg, Client):
                self.client = arg
            else:
                raise ValueError(
                    'The first argument to %s must be a Client instance, '
                    'got %r instead.' % (
                        self.__class__.__name__,
                        arg,
                    ))
        elif 'client' in kwargs:
            self.client = kwargs.pop('client')
        else:
            self.client = client(*args, **kwargs)

        logging.Handler.__init__(self, level=kwargs.get('level', logging.NOTSET)) 

def __init__(self, host, port):
        """
        Initializes the handler with a specific host address and port.

        The attribute 'closeOnError' is set to 1 - which means that if
        a socket error occurs, the socket is silently closed and then
        reopened on the next logging call.
        """
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        self.host = host
        self.port = port
        self.sock = None
        self.closeOnError = 0
        self.retryTime = None
        #
        # Exponential backoff parameters.
        #
        self.retryStart = 1.0
        self.retryMax = 30.0
        self.retryFactor = 2.0 

def __init__(self, address=('localhost', SYSLOG_UDP_PORT),
                 facility=LOG_USER, socktype=socket.SOCK_DGRAM):
        """
        Initialize a handler.

        If address is specified as a string, a UNIX socket is used. To log to a
        local syslogd, "SysLogHandler(address="/dev/log")" can be used.
        If facility is not specified, LOG_USER is used.
        """
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)

        self.address = address
        self.facility = facility
        self.socktype = socktype

        if isinstance(address, str):
            self.unixsocket = 1
            self._connect_unixsocket(address)
        else:
            self.unixsocket = 0
            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socktype)
            if socktype == socket.SOCK_STREAM:
                self.socket.connect(address)
        self.formatter = None 

def __init__(self, appname, dllname=None, logtype="Application"):
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        try:
            import win32evtlogutil, win32evtlog
            self.appname = appname
            self._welu = win32evtlogutil
            if not dllname:
                dllname = os.path.split(self._welu.__file__)
                dllname = os.path.split(dllname[0])
                dllname = os.path.join(dllname[0], r'win32service.pyd')
            self.dllname = dllname
            self.logtype = logtype
            self._welu.AddSourceToRegistry(appname, dllname, logtype)
            self.deftype = win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE
            self.typemap = {
                logging.DEBUG   : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                logging.INFO    : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                logging.WARNING : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_WARNING_TYPE,
                logging.ERROR   : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
                logging.CRITICAL: win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
         }
        except ImportError:
            print("The Python Win32 extensions for NT (service, event "\
                        "logging) appear not to be available.")
            self._welu = None 

def __init__(self, host, port):
        """
        Initializes the handler with a specific host address and port.

        The attribute 'closeOnError' is set to 1 - which means that if
        a socket error occurs, the socket is silently closed and then
        reopened on the next logging call.
        """
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        self.host = host
        self.port = port
        self.sock = None
        self.closeOnError = 0
        self.retryTime = None
        #
        # Exponential backoff parameters.
        #
        self.retryStart = 1.0
        self.retryMax = 30.0
        self.retryFactor = 2.0 

def __init__(self, appname, dllname=None, logtype="Application"):
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        try:
            import win32evtlogutil, win32evtlog
            self.appname = appname
            self._welu = win32evtlogutil
            if not dllname:
                dllname = os.path.split(self._welu.__file__)
                dllname = os.path.split(dllname[0])
                dllname = os.path.join(dllname[0], r'win32service.pyd')
            self.dllname = dllname
            self.logtype = logtype
            self._welu.AddSourceToRegistry(appname, dllname, logtype)
            self.deftype = win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE
            self.typemap = {
                logging.DEBUG   : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                logging.INFO    : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                logging.WARNING : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_WARNING_TYPE,
                logging.ERROR   : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
                logging.CRITICAL: win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
         }
        except ImportError:
            print("The Python Win32 extensions for NT (service, event "\
                        "logging) appear not to be available.")
            self._welu = None 

def __init__(self, host, port):
        """
        Initializes the handler with a specific host address and port.

        The attribute 'closeOnError' is set to 1 - which means that if
        a socket error occurs, the socket is silently closed and then
        reopened on the next logging call.
        """
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        self.host = host
        self.port = port
        self.sock = None
        self.closeOnError = 0
        self.retryTime = None
        #
        # Exponential backoff parameters.
        #
        self.retryStart = 1.0
        self.retryMax = 30.0
        self.retryFactor = 2.0 

def __init__(self, appname, dllname=None, logtype="Application"):
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        try:
            import win32evtlogutil, win32evtlog
            self.appname = appname
            self._welu = win32evtlogutil
            if not dllname:
                dllname = os.path.split(self._welu.__file__)
                dllname = os.path.split(dllname[0])
                dllname = os.path.join(dllname[0], r'win32service.pyd')
            self.dllname = dllname
            self.logtype = logtype
            self._welu.AddSourceToRegistry(appname, dllname, logtype)
            self.deftype = win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE
            self.typemap = {
                logging.DEBUG   : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                logging.INFO    : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                logging.WARNING : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_WARNING_TYPE,
                logging.ERROR   : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
                logging.CRITICAL: win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
         }
        except ImportError:
            print("The Python Win32 extensions for NT (service, event "\
                        "logging) appear not to be available.")
            self._welu = None 

def test_load_handlers_onlyused(self):
    self.m_obj.load_config({
      "loggers" : {
        "root" : {
          "handlers" : ["h2"]
        }
      },
      "formatters" : {
        "default" : {
          "class" : "logging.Formatter"
        }
      },
      "handlers" : {
        "h1" : {
          "class" : "logging.Handler"
        },
        "h2" : {
          "class" : "logging.Handler"
        }
      }
    })
    self.m_obj._load_formatters()
    self.m_obj._load_handlers()
    self.assertEqual(len(self.m_obj.m_handlers), 1)
    self.assertEqual(list(self.m_obj.m_handlers.keys())[0], "h2") 

def test_load_handlers_noclass(self):
    self.m_obj.load_config({
      "loggers" : {
        "root" : {
          "handlers" : ["h2"]
        }
      },
      "formatters" : {
        "default" : {
          "class" : "logging.Formatter"
        }
      },
      "handlers" : {
        "h2" : {
          "attrib" : "logging.Handler"
        }
      }
    })
    self.m_obj._load_formatters()
    with self.assertRaises(error.XtdError):
      self.m_obj._load_handlers() 

def __init__(self, host, port):
        """
        Initializes the handler with a specific host address and port.

        The attribute 'closeOnError' is set to 1 - which means that if
        a socket error occurs, the socket is silently closed and then
        reopened on the next logging call.
        """
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        self.host = host
        self.port = port
        self.sock = None
        self.closeOnError = 0
        self.retryTime = None
        #
        # Exponential backoff parameters.
        #
        self.retryStart = 1.0
        self.retryMax = 30.0
        self.retryFactor = 2.0 

def __init__(self, appname, dllname=None, logtype="Application"):
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        try:
            import win32evtlogutil, win32evtlog
            self.appname = appname
            self._welu = win32evtlogutil
            if not dllname:
                dllname = os.path.split(self._welu.__file__)
                dllname = os.path.split(dllname[0])
                dllname = os.path.join(dllname[0], r'win32service.pyd')
            self.dllname = dllname
            self.logtype = logtype
            self._welu.AddSourceToRegistry(appname, dllname, logtype)
            self.deftype = win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE
            self.typemap = {
                logging.DEBUG   : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                logging.INFO    : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                logging.WARNING : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_WARNING_TYPE,
                logging.ERROR   : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
                logging.CRITICAL: win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
         }
        except ImportError:
            print("The Python Win32 extensions for NT (service, event "\
                        "logging) appear not to be available.")
            self._welu = None 

def __init__(self, level=logging.NOTSET, host=mongo_server, port=27017, database_name='logs', collection='logs',
                 username=None, password=None, fail_silently=False, formatter=None):
        """Setting up mongo handler, initializing mongo database connection via pymongo."""
        logging.Handler.__init__(self, level)
        self.host = host
        self.port = port
        self.database_name = database_name
        self.collection_name = collection
        self.username = username
        self.password = password
        self.fail_silently = fail_silently
        self.connection = None
        self.db = None
        self.collection = None
        self.authenticated = False
        self.formatter = formatter or MongoFormatter()
        self._connect() 

def __init__(self, host, port):
        """
        Initializes the handler with a specific host address and port.

        When the attribute *closeOnError* is set to True - if a socket error
        occurs, the socket is silently closed and then reopened on the next
        logging call.
        """
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        self.host = host
        self.port = port
        self.sock = None
        self.closeOnError = False
        self.retryTime = None
        #
        # Exponential backoff parameters.
        #
        self.retryStart = 1.0
        self.retryMax = 30.0
        self.retryFactor = 2.0 

def __init__(self, appname, dllname=None, logtype="Application"):
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        try:
            import win32evtlogutil, win32evtlog
            self.appname = appname
            self._welu = win32evtlogutil
            if not dllname:
                dllname = os.path.split(self._welu.__file__)
                dllname = os.path.split(dllname[0])
                dllname = os.path.join(dllname[0], r'win32service.pyd')
            self.dllname = dllname
            self.logtype = logtype
            self._welu.AddSourceToRegistry(appname, dllname, logtype)
            self.deftype = win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE
            self.typemap = {
                logging.DEBUG   : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                logging.INFO    : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                logging.WARNING : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_WARNING_TYPE,
                logging.ERROR   : win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
                logging.CRITICAL: win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE,
         }
        except ImportError:
            print("The Python Win32 extensions for NT (service, event "\
                        "logging) appear not to be available.")
            self._welu = None 

def test_log_stdlib(framework_aio):
    # for cases when we never call start_logging(), ensure we didn't
    # no-op out the info messages.
    import logging

    lg = logging.getLogger()
    lg.setLevel(logging.INFO)
    records = []

    class TestHandler(logging.Handler):
        def emit(self, record):
            records.append(record.msg)
    handler = TestHandler()
    lg.addHandler(handler)

    try:
        log = txaio.make_logger()
        log.info("foo={foo}", foo='bar')
    finally:
        lg.removeHandler(handler)

    assert 'foo=bar' in records 

def __init__(self):
        logging.Handler.__init__(self) 

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
            logging.Handler.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs) 

def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
    logging.Handler.__init__(self, *args, **kwds )
    self.log4pyProps = {}
    self.channelName = None
    self.nameContext = None
    self.prodId = "RESOURCE.ID"
    self.prodName = "RESOURCE.NAME"
    self.prodFQN = "RESOURCE.FQN"
    self._channelName = None
    self._nameContext = None
    self._event_channel = None
    self._ecm = None
    self._pub = None
    self._enable = False
    self.threshold = logging.NOTSET 

def handleError(self, record):
        """
        Handle an error during logging.

        An error has occurred during logging. Most likely cause -
        connection lost. Close the socket so that we can retry on the
        next event.
        """
        if self.closeOnError and self.sock:
            self.sock.close()
            self.sock = None        #try to reconnect next time
        else:
            logging.Handler.handleError(self, record) 

def close(self):
        """
        Closes the socket.
        """
        if self.sock:
            self.sock.close()
            self.sock = None
        logging.Handler.close(self) 

def close (self):
        """
        Closes the socket.
        """
        if self.unixsocket:
            self.socket.close()
        logging.Handler.close(self) 

def close(self):
        """
        Clean up this handler.

        You can remove the application name from the registry as a
        source of event log entries. However, if you do this, you will
        not be able to see the events as you intended in the Event Log
        Viewer - it needs to be able to access the registry to get the
        DLL name.
        """
        #self._welu.RemoveSourceFromRegistry(self.appname, self.logtype)
        logging.Handler.close(self) 

def __init__(self, host, url, method="GET"):
        """
        Initialize the instance with the host, the request URL, and the method
        ("GET" or "POST")
        """
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        method = method.upper()
        if method not in ["GET", "POST"]:
            raise ValueError("method must be GET or POST")
        self.host = host
        self.url = url
        self.method = method 

def __init__(self, capacity):
        """
        Initialize the handler with the buffer size.
        """
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        self.capacity = capacity
        self.buffer = [] 

def close(self):
        """
        Close the handler.

        This version just flushes and chains to the parent class' close().
        """
        self.flush()
        logging.Handler.close(self) 

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.reset()
        logging.Handler.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs) 

def __init__(self, max_records=200):
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        self.logrecordstotal = 0
        self.max_records = max_records
        try:
            self.db = deque([], max_records)
        except TypeError:
            # pre 2.6
            self.db = deque([]) 

def pytest_sessionstart(self, session):
        handler = Handler()
        logging.root.addHandler(handler)
        yield 

def _setup_log():
    from usb import _debug
    logger = logging.getLogger('usb')
    debug_level = os.getenv('PYUSB_DEBUG')

    if debug_level is not None:
        _debug.enable_tracing(True)
        filename = os.getenv('PYUSB_LOG_FILENAME')

        LEVELS = {'debug': logging.DEBUG,
                  'info': logging.INFO,
                  'warning': logging.WARNING,
                  'error': logging.ERROR,
                  'critical': logging.CRITICAL}

        level = LEVELS.get(debug_level, logging.CRITICAL + 10)
        logger.setLevel(level = level)

        try:
            handler = logging.FileHandler(filename)
        except:
            handler = logging.StreamHandler()

        fmt = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s')
        handler.setFormatter(fmt)
        logger.addHandler(handler)
    else:
        class NullHandler(logging.Handler):
            def emit(self, record):
                pass

        # We set the log level to avoid delegation to the
        # parent log handler (if there is one).
        # Thanks to Chris Clark to pointing this out.
        logger.setLevel(logging.CRITICAL + 10)

        logger.addHandler(NullHandler()) 

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.reset()
        logging.Handler.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs) 

def __init__(self, room):
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)

        self.room = room

        formatter = logging.Formatter(
            "%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s",
            "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%SZ")
        formatter.converter = time.gmtime

        self.setFormatter(formatter) 

def handle(handler_spec, input_events):
    r"""
    Return a list of event dictionaries collected by handling  input_events
    using handler_spec.

    >>> from abusehelper.core.events import Event
    >>> from abusehelper.core.transformation import Handler
    >>>
    >>> class MyHandler(Handler):
    ...     @idiokit.stream
    ...     def transform(self):
    ...         while True:
    ...             event = yield idiokit.next()
    ...             event.add("a", "b")
    ...             yield idiokit.send(event)
    ...
    >>> handle(MyHandler, [{}])
    [{u'a': [u'b']}]

    Note that to simplify testing the output is a list of dictionaries
    instead of abusehelper.core.events.Event objects.
    """

    handler_type = handlers.load_handler(handler_spec)

    log = logging.getLogger("Null")
    log_handler = _NullHandler()
    log.addHandler(log_handler)
    try:
        handler = handler_type(log=log)
        return idiokit.main_loop(idiokit.pipe(
            _feed(itertools.imap(events.Event, input_events)),
            handler.transform(),
            _collect_events()
        ))
    finally:
        log.removeHandler(log_handler) 

def __init__(self, include_html=False, email_backend=None):
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        self.include_html = include_html
        self.email_backend = email_backend 

def __init__(self, interface_or_socket, context=None):
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        if isinstance(interface_or_socket, zmq.Socket):
            self.socket = interface_or_socket
            self.ctx = self.socket.context
        else:
            self.ctx = context or zmq.Context()
            self.socket = self.ctx.socket(zmq.PUB)
            self.socket.bind(interface_or_socket) 

def __init__(self, music_player, embed, line):
        """

        Args:
            embed (ui_embed.UI):
            line (int):
        """
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)

        self.music_player = music_player
        self.embed = embed
        self.line = line 

def handleError(self, record):
        """
        Handle an error during logging.

        An error has occurred during logging. Most likely cause -
        connection lost. Close the socket so that we can retry on the
        next event.
        """
        if self.closeOnError and self.sock:
            self.sock.close()
            self.sock = None        #try to reconnect next time
        else:
            logging.Handler.handleError(self, record) 

def close(self):
        """
        Closes the socket.
        """
        self.acquire()
        try:
            if self.sock:
                self.sock.close()
                self.sock = None
        finally:
            self.release()
        logging.Handler.close(self) 

def __init__(self, address=('localhost', SYSLOG_UDP_PORT),
                 facility=LOG_USER, socktype=None):
        """
        Initialize a handler.

        If address is specified as a string, a UNIX socket is used. To log to a
        local syslogd, "SysLogHandler(address="/dev/log")" can be used.
        If facility is not specified, LOG_USER is used. If socktype is
        specified as socket.SOCK_DGRAM or socket.SOCK_STREAM, that specific
        socket type will be used. For Unix sockets, you can also specify a
        socktype of None, in which case socket.SOCK_DGRAM will be used, falling
        back to socket.SOCK_STREAM.
        """
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)

        self.address = address
        self.facility = facility
        self.socktype = socktype

        if isinstance(address, basestring):
            self.unixsocket = 1
            self._connect_unixsocket(address)
        else:
            self.unixsocket = 0
            if socktype is None:
                socktype = socket.SOCK_DGRAM
            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socktype)
            if socktype == socket.SOCK_STREAM:
                self.socket.connect(address)
            self.socktype = socktype
        self.formatter = None 

def close (self):
        """
        Closes the socket.
        """
        self.acquire()
        try:
            if self.unixsocket:
                self.socket.close()
        finally:
            self.release()
        logging.Handler.close(self) 

def close(self):
        """
        Clean up this handler.

        You can remove the application name from the registry as a
        source of event log entries. However, if you do this, you will
        not be able to see the events as you intended in the Event Log
        Viewer - it needs to be able to access the registry to get the
        DLL name.
        """
        #self._welu.RemoveSourceFromRegistry(self.appname, self.logtype)
        logging.Handler.close(self) 

def __init__(self, host, url, method="GET"):
        """
        Initialize the instance with the host, the request URL, and the method
        ("GET" or "POST")
        """
        logging.Handler.__init__(self)
        method = method.upper()
        if method not in ["GET", "POST"]:
            raise ValueError("method must be GET or POST")
        self.host = host
        self.url = url
        self.method = method