Duck Logging System

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Duck provides an extensive and customizable logging system to track your application’s behavior and errors.

By default, every Duck app session is logged to a file. To disable file logging, set:

LOG_TO_FILE = False

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Other Logging Options

SILENT

Disables all logging, including console output and log files.

• Useful in testing environments to avoid unnecessary logs.

DJANGO_SILENT

Disables logging only for Django integration (USE_DJANGO=True).

LOGGING_DIR

Directory to store log files.

• Default: assets/logs

• Can be customized to any directory path.

LOG_FILE_FORMAT

Controls the filename format for log files.

• Default: Uses [year, month, day]_[hour, minutes, seconds]

• Avoids : in time for Windows compatibility.

PREFERRED_LOG_STYLE

Choose the preferred log style:

• "duck" → Clean, readable logs (default)

• "django" → Django-style logs

• None → Auto-selects based on USE_DJANGO setting

VERBOSE_LOGGING

Provides detailed exceptions with tracebacks.

• Always True in DEBUG mode.

• Set to False to reduce verbosity.

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Logs CLI

Duck comes with a command-line tool for managing logs.

cd myduckproject
duck logs list   # List all logs
duck purge       # Delete all logs

CLI Flags

Flag	Description
-s	Sort logs by "oldest", "newest", "largest"
-ss	Show log sizes in human-readable units (KB, MB)
-n	Target a specific number of logs

Other Commands

• size → Shows total size of all logs

• count → Counts total number of logs

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✨ Duck logging allows you to track, analyze, and manage logs efficiently, whether for development, debugging, or production monitoring.