Question

How to print a string or write something into a file from Python in Django app

I was trying to log some string to troubleshoot my app. The issue exist only in the server, not in local development server.

My app is running nginx and gunicorn, I have no clue how to use python print() function and where the output will be. Also I tried to write a file, but that also didn’t work. I don’t know why the file was not written in target directory.

I used this code to output a file:

            file_object.write("ip: " + client_host)``` 

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Submit an answer

This textbox defaults to using Markdown to format your answer.

You can type !ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!

Sign In or Sign Up to Answer

These answers are provided by our Community. If you find them useful, show some love by clicking the heart. If you run into issues leave a comment, or add your own answer to help others.

Bobby Iliev • July 16, 2021
Accepted Answer

Hello,

You could use something like this:

from django.core.files import File

f = open('./debug.txt', 'w')
testfile = File(f)
testfile.write("ip: " + client_host)
testfile.close
f.close

You could then run the following command to find the file:

find -name debug.txt

Let me know how it goes! Regards, Bobby