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How to Do Structured JSON Line Logging in Python

Create a simple JSON-lines logger that writes one JSON object per line to stdout with timestamp, level, message, and custom context fields.

logging json observability
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import json
import sys
from datetime import datetime

class JsonLineLogger:
    def __init__(self, stream=sys.stdout):
        self.stream = stream

    def log(self, level, message, **context):
        record = {
            "timestamp": datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + "Z",
            "level": level,
            "me…
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How to Do Structured JSON Logging in Python

Create a custom logging formatter that outputs each log entry as a single JSON line with timestamp, level, logger name, and message.

logging json observability
Python
import json
import logging
from datetime import datetime


class JsonFormatter(logging.Formatter):
    def format(self, record):
        log_entry = {
            "timestamp": datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + "Z",
            "level": record.levelname,
            "logger": record.name,
            "message": record.ge…
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