Python logging file config KeyError: 'formatters'

Question

I'm currently working on a python project and I set up logging using a config file. It has already worked and was logging my messages as wanted.

But then, after rearranging some of the packages and modules, I only get a key error.

Full Traceback:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Volumes/Daten/Eclipse/workspace/Carputer/src/pyboard/__init__.py", line 42, in <module>
    logging.config.fileConfig('../logging.conf', disable_existing_loggers=False)
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/lib/python3.3/logging/config.py", line 70, in fileConfig
    formatters = _create_formatters(cp)
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/lib/python3.3/logging/config.py", line 103, in _create_formatters
    flist = cp["formatters"]["keys"]
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/lib/python3.3/configparser.py", line 937, in __getitem__
    raise KeyError(key)
KeyError: 'formatters'

Here is my logging file:

[loggers]
keys=root,pyBoard

[handlers]
keys=consoleHandler

[formatters]
keys=detailedFormatter

[logger_root]
level=DEBUG
handlers=consoleHandler

[logger_pyBoard]
level=DEBUG
handlers=consoleHandler
qualname=pyBoard
propagate=0

[handler_consoleHandler]
class=StreamHandler
level=DEBUG
formatter=detailedFormatter
args=(sys.stdout,)

[formatter_detailedFormatter]
format=%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s : Line %(lineno)s - %(message)s
datefmt=

And the relevant code:

if __name__ == '__main__':

    logging.config.fileConfig('../logging.conf', disable_existing_loggers=False)
    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

    obc = Onboard_computer('/dev/ttys001')
    obc.run()

It is almost the same as from the Python Logging Tutorial. I really don't get why it is not working and it drives crazy. It worked, I changed nothing on the code nor on the setup, and it just stopped working and Python throws this KeyError.

My setup: Mac OS X 10.9.2, Eclipse Kepler with PyDev and Python 3.3. I also tested it on a Raspberry Pi with Raspbian Wheezy and Python 3.2 and in Eclipse with Python 2.7 (same error).

Does anyone of you guys have a clue?

Answer 1

I had this issue because Python couldn't find my config file, though you would never know it by the error message. Apparently it does not look for the config file relative to the file in which the code is running, but rather relative to the current working directory (which you can get from os.getcwd()). I used the following code to initialize the logger. The log.config file is in the same directory as the file running this code:

from os import path
log_file_path = path.join(path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__)), 'log.config')
logging.config.fileConfig(log_file_path)