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Network Programming and Automation Essentials

You're reading from   Network Programming and Automation Essentials Get started in the realm of network automation using Python and Go

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803233666
Length 296 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Foundations for Network Automation
2. Chapter 1: Network Basics for Development FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Programmable Networks 4. Chapter 3: Accessing the Network 5. Chapter 4: Working with Network Configurations and Definitions 6. Part 2: Network Programming for Automation
7. Chapter 5: Dos and Don’ts for Network Programming 8. Chapter 6: Using Go and Python for Network Programming 9. Chapter 7: Error Handling and Logging 10. Chapter 8: Scaling Your Code 11. Part 3: Testing, Hands-On, and Going Forward
12. Chapter 9: Network Code Testing Framework 13. Chapter 10: Hands-On and Going Forward 14. Index 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Adding logging to your code

Adding event logging in your code will be different in Go and in Python and will vary depending on the library used in your code. But the idea for both languages is to divide the information into severity levels, as done in syslog.

The severity log levels will also vary depending on the library used. Python and Go have standard log libraries, but you are also able to use third-party libraries to log events in both languages.

One important point here is that when writing the code, you will decide whether there is a need to add a logging event line. The line of logging added must carry some information that will signal to the program which level of severity the message is. Therefore, important messages such as failures will have priority over less-important messages, such as debugging. Ideally, the decision about which level of logging should be exposed is normally made by adding input arguments to your program that allow setting the log level. So, if...

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