feat: Extract logging configuration into a new utility module with colored console output.

Author: HackyCoder0951

backend/app/main.py

@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-import logging
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from app.core.config import settings
 from app.db.mongodb import mongodb
 from app.routes import auth, tasks, users
+from app.utils.logger import setup_logging
 
-# Configure Logging
-logging.basicConfig(
-    level=logging.INFO,
-    format="%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s",
-)
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+# Configure Logging using custom utility
+logger = setup_logging()
 
 app = FastAPI(title=settings.PROJECT_NAME)
 

backend/app/utils/logger.py

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import logging
+import sys
+
+# ASCII colors for console
+RESET_COLOR = "\033[0m"
+GREEN = "\033[32m"
+YELLOW = "\033[33m"
+RED = "\033[31m"
+CYAN = "\033[36m"
+WHITE = "\033[37m"
+
+class ColoredFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    """Custom formatter to add colors to log levels for better readability."""
+    
+    FORMAT = "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
+    
+    FORMATS = {
+        logging.DEBUG: WHITE + FORMAT + RESET_COLOR,
+        logging.INFO: GREEN + FORMAT + RESET_COLOR,
+        logging.WARNING: YELLOW + FORMAT + RESET_COLOR,
+        logging.ERROR: RED + FORMAT + RESET_COLOR,
+        logging.CRITICAL: RED + "\033[1m" + FORMAT + RESET_COLOR,  # Bold Red
+    }
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        log_fmt = self.FORMATS.get(record.levelno, self.FORMAT)
+        formatter = logging.Formatter(log_fmt, datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+        return formatter.format(record)
+
+def setup_logging(level: int = logging.INFO):
+    """
+    Sets up the global logging configuration with colored output.
+    should be called once at application startup.
+    """
+    # Get root logger
+    root_logger = logging.getLogger()
+    root_logger.setLevel(level)
+
+    # Clear existing handlers to prevent duplicate logs (common with uvicorn/fastapi)
+    if root_logger.hasHandlers():
+        root_logger.handlers.clear()
+
+    # Create console handler
+    console_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+    console_handler.setLevel(level)
+    
+    # Apply custom colored formatter
+    console_handler.setFormatter(ColoredFormatter())
+    
+    # Add handler to root logger
+    root_logger.addHandler(console_handler)
+    
+    # Optional: Adjust third-party loggers if they are too noisy
+    # logging.getLogger("uvicorn.access").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+    return root_logger