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custom sensor: python... write to logs not output

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Hello,

I'm working on a custom sensor written in python. Is there a way to write directly to the log file without breaking the sensor? For instance, say I make a call to a web service and return an object. I'd like to write the returned object to the logs display without affecting the rest of the script. This would greatly aid in our troubleshooting of custom sensors we support for our own customers.

custom-sensor python write-to-log-directly

Created on Apr 22, 2019 10:30:41 PM



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Why not do the logging separately instead? All sensor output (i.e. stdout) will be written to the Sensor log once "Write Result To Disk" is enabled in the Sensor settings. The log can be found in PRTGs data directory, in "Logs (Sensors)" :)

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Kind regards,
Stephan Linke, Tech Support Team

Created on Apr 24, 2019 10:10:49 AM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]




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