Logging events for further introspection

In the previous recipes, you could see how logging works for bash scripts. But you can also log events happening on your Django website, such as user registration, adding a product to a cart, buying tickets, bank transactions, sending SMS messages, server errors, and similar.

You should never log sensitive information such as user passwords or credit card details.

Also, use an analytics tool instead of Python logging for tracking overall website usage.

In this recipe, we will guide you through how to log structured information about your website into log files.

Getting ready

Let's start with the likes apps from the Implementing the Like widget recipe in Chapter 4, Templates and...