python logging info level to a file

Question

I am starting using logging to keep track of what is going on in my code and started here:

https://realpython.com/python-logging/

According to that article this code should create and add a line to a log file called moses_data_extraction.log

import logging
import os

logging.basicConfig(filename='moses_data_extraction.log',
                    filemode='w',
                    format='%(asctime)s - %(message)s',
                    datefmt='%d-%b-%y %H:%M:%S',
                   level=logging.INFO)
logging.info('This will get logged to a file')
print(os.path.isfile('moses_data_extraction.log'))

the last line gives me FALSE

But the file is not created. Actually nothing happens, no file no error.

Some clue what I am doing wrong?

Answer 1

If the last print statement is giving you True , the file must be getting created in your current working directory.

To check the directory where the file would be present, you can check you current working directory using :

import os
print(os.getcwd())

Alternatively, you can specify full file path name in your code to place the log file at your desired location.