fake-logs is a fake logs generator command line tool as well as a package that can be imported and used within the python code.
While learning Apache Kafka, I wanted to play around with huge volume of data and I also wanted to generate it. So I wrote this one.
If you intend to use CLI below are the available CLI options. CLI is provide to generate a log file with large number of records efficiently.
Usage: fake-logs [OPTIONS]
Options:
-e, --engine [nginx|apache-common|apache-combined] Option to define tool for which to generate logs. [required]
-l, --lines INTEGER Number of log lines. [required]
-i, --interval FLOAT Interval between consecutive logs.
-f, --file_path TEXT Absolute file path to write logs to.[required]
--help Show this message and exit.
If you intend to import this as a dependency in your project. You can generate logs in following way.
from generator import get_nginx_webserver_log, get_apache_webserver_log
# Nginx Combined Log Format
nginx_log = get_nginx_webserver_log(interval=1)
for _ in range(50):
print(next(nginx_log))
# Apache Webserver Common Log Format
apache_common_format_log = get_apache_webserver_log(interval=1, format="common")
for _ in range(50):
print(next(apache_common_format_log))
# Apache Webserver Combined Log Format
apache_combined_format_log = get_apache_webserver_log(interval=1, format="combined")
for _ in range(50):
print(next(apache_combined_format_log))
get_nginx_webserver_log and get_apache_webserver_log are both generators and they take care of maintaining the interval between two consecutive logs.
