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APILogHandler

Bases: Handler

A logging handler that sends logs to the Prefect API.

Sends log records to the APILogWorker which manages sending batches of logs in the background.

Source code in src/prefect/logging/handlers.py
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class APILogHandler(logging.Handler):
    """
    A logging handler that sends logs to the Prefect API.

    Sends log records to the `APILogWorker` which manages sending batches of logs in
    the background.
    """

    @classmethod
    def flush(cls):
        """
        Tell the `APILogWorker` to send any currently enqueued logs and block until
        completion.

        Use `aflush` from async contexts instead.
        """
        loop = get_running_loop()
        if loop:
            if in_global_loop():  # Guard against internal misuse
                raise RuntimeError(
                    "Cannot call `APILogWorker.flush` from the global event loop; it"
                    " would block the event loop and cause a deadlock. Use"
                    " `APILogWorker.aflush` instead."
                )

            # Not ideal, but this method is called by the stdlib and cannot return a
            # coroutine so we just schedule the drain in the global loop thread and continue
            from_sync.call_soon_in_loop_thread(create_call(APILogWorker.drain_all))
            return None
        else:
            # We set a timeout of 5s because we don't want to block forever if the worker
            # is stuck. This can occur when the handler is being shutdown and the
            # `logging._lock` is held but the worker is attempting to emit logs resulting
            # in a deadlock.
            return APILogWorker.drain_all(timeout=5)

    @classmethod
    async def aflush(cls):
        """
        Tell the `APILogWorker` to send any currently enqueued logs and block until
        completion.
        """

        return await APILogWorker.drain_all()

    def emit(self, record: logging.LogRecord):
        """
        Send a log to the `APILogWorker`
        """
        try:
            profile = prefect.context.get_settings_context()

            if not profile.settings.logging.to_api.enabled:
                return  # Respect the global settings toggle
            if not getattr(record, "send_to_api", True):
                return  # Do not send records that have opted out

            log = self.prepare(record)
            APILogWorker.instance().send(log)

        except Exception:
            self.handleError(record)

    def handleError(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> None:
        _, exc, _ = sys.exc_info()

        if isinstance(exc, MissingContextError):
            log_handling_when_missing_flow = (
                PREFECT_LOGGING_TO_API_WHEN_MISSING_FLOW.value()
            )
            if log_handling_when_missing_flow == "warn":
                # Warn when a logger is used outside of a run context, the stack level here
                # gets us to the user logging call
                warnings.warn(
                    f"{exc} Set PREFECT_LOGGING_TO_API_WHEN_MISSING_FLOW=ignore to suppress this warning.",
                    stacklevel=8,
                )
                return
            elif log_handling_when_missing_flow == "ignore":
                return
            else:
                raise exc

        # Display a longer traceback for other errors
        return super().handleError(record)

    def prepare(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """
        Convert a `logging.LogRecord` to the API `LogCreate` schema and serialize.

        This infers the linked flow or task run from the log record or the current
        run context.

        If a flow run id cannot be found, the log will be dropped.

        Logs exceeding the maximum size will be dropped.
        """
        flow_run_id = getattr(record, "flow_run_id", None)
        task_run_id = getattr(record, "task_run_id", None)

        if not flow_run_id:
            try:
                context = prefect.context.get_run_context()
            except MissingContextError:
                raise MissingContextError(
                    f"Logger {record.name!r} attempted to send logs to the API without"
                    " a flow run id. The API log handler can only send logs within"
                    " flow run contexts unless the flow run id is manually provided."
                ) from None

            if hasattr(context, "flow_run"):
                flow_run_id = context.flow_run.id
            elif hasattr(context, "task_run"):
                flow_run_id = context.task_run.flow_run_id
                task_run_id = task_run_id or context.task_run.id
            else:
                raise ValueError(
                    "Encountered malformed run context. Does not contain flow or task "
                    "run information."
                )

        # Parsing to a `LogCreate` object here gives us nice parsing error messages
        # from the standard lib `handleError` method if something goes wrong and
        # prevents malformed logs from entering the queue
        try:
            is_uuid_like = isinstance(flow_run_id, uuid.UUID) or (
                isinstance(flow_run_id, str) and uuid.UUID(flow_run_id)
            )
        except ValueError:
            is_uuid_like = False

        log = LogCreate(
            flow_run_id=flow_run_id if is_uuid_like else None,
            task_run_id=task_run_id,
            name=record.name,
            level=record.levelno,
            timestamp=pendulum.from_timestamp(
                getattr(record, "created", None) or time.time()
            ),
            message=self.format(record),
        ).model_dump(mode="json")

        log_size = log["__payload_size__"] = self._get_payload_size(log)
        if log_size > PREFECT_LOGGING_TO_API_MAX_LOG_SIZE.value():
            raise ValueError(
                f"Log of size {log_size} is greater than the max size of "
                f"{PREFECT_LOGGING_TO_API_MAX_LOG_SIZE.value()}"
            )

        return log

    def _get_payload_size(self, log: Dict[str, Any]) -> int:
        return len(json.dumps(log).encode())

aflush() async classmethod

Tell the APILogWorker to send any currently enqueued logs and block until completion.

Source code in src/prefect/logging/handlers.py
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@classmethod
async def aflush(cls):
    """
    Tell the `APILogWorker` to send any currently enqueued logs and block until
    completion.
    """

    return await APILogWorker.drain_all()

emit(record)

Send a log to the APILogWorker

Source code in src/prefect/logging/handlers.py
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def emit(self, record: logging.LogRecord):
    """
    Send a log to the `APILogWorker`
    """
    try:
        profile = prefect.context.get_settings_context()

        if not profile.settings.logging.to_api.enabled:
            return  # Respect the global settings toggle
        if not getattr(record, "send_to_api", True):
            return  # Do not send records that have opted out

        log = self.prepare(record)
        APILogWorker.instance().send(log)

    except Exception:
        self.handleError(record)

flush() classmethod

Tell the APILogWorker to send any currently enqueued logs and block until completion.

Use aflush from async contexts instead.

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@classmethod
def flush(cls):
    """
    Tell the `APILogWorker` to send any currently enqueued logs and block until
    completion.

    Use `aflush` from async contexts instead.
    """
    loop = get_running_loop()
    if loop:
        if in_global_loop():  # Guard against internal misuse
            raise RuntimeError(
                "Cannot call `APILogWorker.flush` from the global event loop; it"
                " would block the event loop and cause a deadlock. Use"
                " `APILogWorker.aflush` instead."
            )

        # Not ideal, but this method is called by the stdlib and cannot return a
        # coroutine so we just schedule the drain in the global loop thread and continue
        from_sync.call_soon_in_loop_thread(create_call(APILogWorker.drain_all))
        return None
    else:
        # We set a timeout of 5s because we don't want to block forever if the worker
        # is stuck. This can occur when the handler is being shutdown and the
        # `logging._lock` is held but the worker is attempting to emit logs resulting
        # in a deadlock.
        return APILogWorker.drain_all(timeout=5)

prepare(record)

Convert a logging.LogRecord to the API LogCreate schema and serialize.

This infers the linked flow or task run from the log record or the current run context.

If a flow run id cannot be found, the log will be dropped.

Logs exceeding the maximum size will be dropped.

Source code in src/prefect/logging/handlers.py
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def prepare(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    """
    Convert a `logging.LogRecord` to the API `LogCreate` schema and serialize.

    This infers the linked flow or task run from the log record or the current
    run context.

    If a flow run id cannot be found, the log will be dropped.

    Logs exceeding the maximum size will be dropped.
    """
    flow_run_id = getattr(record, "flow_run_id", None)
    task_run_id = getattr(record, "task_run_id", None)

    if not flow_run_id:
        try:
            context = prefect.context.get_run_context()
        except MissingContextError:
            raise MissingContextError(
                f"Logger {record.name!r} attempted to send logs to the API without"
                " a flow run id. The API log handler can only send logs within"
                " flow run contexts unless the flow run id is manually provided."
            ) from None

        if hasattr(context, "flow_run"):
            flow_run_id = context.flow_run.id
        elif hasattr(context, "task_run"):
            flow_run_id = context.task_run.flow_run_id
            task_run_id = task_run_id or context.task_run.id
        else:
            raise ValueError(
                "Encountered malformed run context. Does not contain flow or task "
                "run information."
            )

    # Parsing to a `LogCreate` object here gives us nice parsing error messages
    # from the standard lib `handleError` method if something goes wrong and
    # prevents malformed logs from entering the queue
    try:
        is_uuid_like = isinstance(flow_run_id, uuid.UUID) or (
            isinstance(flow_run_id, str) and uuid.UUID(flow_run_id)
        )
    except ValueError:
        is_uuid_like = False

    log = LogCreate(
        flow_run_id=flow_run_id if is_uuid_like else None,
        task_run_id=task_run_id,
        name=record.name,
        level=record.levelno,
        timestamp=pendulum.from_timestamp(
            getattr(record, "created", None) or time.time()
        ),
        message=self.format(record),
    ).model_dump(mode="json")

    log_size = log["__payload_size__"] = self._get_payload_size(log)
    if log_size > PREFECT_LOGGING_TO_API_MAX_LOG_SIZE.value():
        raise ValueError(
            f"Log of size {log_size} is greater than the max size of "
            f"{PREFECT_LOGGING_TO_API_MAX_LOG_SIZE.value()}"
        )

    return log

PrefectConsoleHandler

Bases: StreamHandler

Source code in src/prefect/logging/handlers.py
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class PrefectConsoleHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
    def __init__(
        self,
        stream=None,
        highlighter: Highlighter = PrefectConsoleHighlighter,
        styles: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
        level: Union[int, str] = logging.NOTSET,
    ):
        """
        The default console handler for Prefect, which highlights log levels,
        web and file URLs, flow and task (run) names, and state types in the
        local console (terminal).

        Highlighting can be toggled on/off with the PREFECT_LOGGING_COLORS setting.
        For finer control, use logging.yml to add or remove styles, and/or
        adjust colors.
        """
        super().__init__(stream=stream)

        styled_console = PREFECT_LOGGING_COLORS.value()
        markup_console = PREFECT_LOGGING_MARKUP.value()
        if styled_console:
            highlighter = highlighter()
            theme = Theme(styles, inherit=False)
        else:
            highlighter = NullHighlighter()
            theme = Theme(inherit=False)

        self.level = level
        self.console = Console(
            highlighter=highlighter,
            theme=theme,
            file=self.stream,
            markup=markup_console,
        )

    def emit(self, record: logging.LogRecord):
        try:
            message = self.format(record)
            self.console.print(message, soft_wrap=True)
        except RecursionError:
            # This was copied over from logging.StreamHandler().emit()
            # https://bugs.python.org/issue36272
            raise
        except Exception:
            self.handleError(record)

__init__(stream=None, highlighter=PrefectConsoleHighlighter, styles=None, level=logging.NOTSET)

The default console handler for Prefect, which highlights log levels, web and file URLs, flow and task (run) names, and state types in the local console (terminal).

Highlighting can be toggled on/off with the PREFECT_LOGGING_COLORS setting. For finer control, use logging.yml to add or remove styles, and/or adjust colors.

Source code in src/prefect/logging/handlers.py
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def __init__(
    self,
    stream=None,
    highlighter: Highlighter = PrefectConsoleHighlighter,
    styles: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
    level: Union[int, str] = logging.NOTSET,
):
    """
    The default console handler for Prefect, which highlights log levels,
    web and file URLs, flow and task (run) names, and state types in the
    local console (terminal).

    Highlighting can be toggled on/off with the PREFECT_LOGGING_COLORS setting.
    For finer control, use logging.yml to add or remove styles, and/or
    adjust colors.
    """
    super().__init__(stream=stream)

    styled_console = PREFECT_LOGGING_COLORS.value()
    markup_console = PREFECT_LOGGING_MARKUP.value()
    if styled_console:
        highlighter = highlighter()
        theme = Theme(styles, inherit=False)
    else:
        highlighter = NullHighlighter()
        theme = Theme(inherit=False)

    self.level = level
    self.console = Console(
        highlighter=highlighter,
        theme=theme,
        file=self.stream,
        markup=markup_console,
    )