Add an option of logging into a file

constants.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import logging
 from copy import copy
 from enum import Enum, auto
 from datetime import timedelta
@@ -23,8 +24,9 @@ USER_AGENT = (
     "Chrome/96.0.4664.45 Safari/537.36"
 )
 # Paths
-SETTINGS_PATH = "settings.json"
+LOG_PATH = "log.txt"
 COOKIES_PATH = "cookies.jar"
+SETTINGS_PATH = "settings.json"
 # Intervals and Delays
 PING_INTERVAL = timedelta(minutes=3)
 PING_TIMEOUT = timedelta(seconds=10)
@@ -32,6 +34,11 @@ ONLINE_DELAY = timedelta(seconds=60)
 WATCH_INTERVAL = timedelta(seconds=58.7)
 # Tags
 DROPS_ENABLED_TAG = "c2542d6d-cd10-4532-919b-3d19f30a768b"
+FORMATTER = logging.Formatter(
+    "{asctime}.{msecs:<03}:\t{levelname:>7}:\t{message}",
+    style='{',
+    datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+)
 
 
 class State(Enum):

gui.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from typing import (
 )
 
 from version import __version__
-from constants import WS_TOPICS_LIMIT, MAX_WEBSOCKETS, State
+from constants import FORMATTER, WS_TOPICS_LIMIT, MAX_WEBSOCKETS, State
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from twitch import Twitch
@@ -687,9 +687,7 @@ class GUIManager:
         root.minsize(width=0, height=root.winfo_reqheight())
         # register logging handler
         handler = TKOutputHandler(self)
-        handler.setFormatter(
+        handler.setFormatter(FORMATTER)
-            logging.Formatter("{asctime}: {levelname}: {message}", style='{', datefmt="%H:%M:%S")
-        )
         logging.getLogger("TwitchDrops").addHandler(handler)
 
     # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56329342/tkinter-treeview-background-tag-not-working

main.py

@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ from typing import Optional
 
 from twitch import Twitch
 from version import __version__
+from constants import FORMATTER, LOG_PATH
 
 
 class ParsedArgs(argparse.Namespace):
     _verbose: int
     _debug_ws: bool
     _debug_gql: bool
+    log: bool
     game: Optional[str]
 
     @property
@@ -55,14 +57,19 @@ parser.add_argument("-v", dest="_verbose", action="count", default=0)
 parser.add_argument("--debug-ws", dest="_debug_ws", action="store_true")
 parser.add_argument("--debug-gql", dest="_debug_gql", action="store_true")
 parser.add_argument("-g", "--game", default=None)
+parser.add_argument("-l", "--log", action="store_true")
 options: ParsedArgs = parser.parse_args(namespace=ParsedArgs())
 # handle logging stuff
 if options.logging_level > logging.DEBUG:
     # redirect the root logger into a NullHandler, effectively ignoring all logging calls
-    # that aren't ours. This always runs, unless the main logging level is DEBUG or below.
+    # that aren't ours. This always runs, unless the main logging level is DEBUG or lower.
     logging.getLogger().addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
 logger = logging.getLogger("TwitchDrops")
 logger.setLevel(options.logging_level)
+if options.log:
+    handler = logging.FileHandler(LOG_PATH)
+    handler.setFormatter(FORMATTER)
+    logger.addHandler(handler)
 logging.getLogger("TwitchDrops.gql").setLevel(options.debug_gql)
 logging.getLogger("TwitchDrops.websocket").setLevel(options.debug_ws)
 # client run