How do I see logs from a connector? I set LOG_CONN...
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How do I see logs from a connector? I set LOG_CONNECTOR_MESSAGES to true, and still do not see any logs from my custom destination connector. how do i set up the logging code in the write method?
k
To see logs from a connector, you can enable
LOG_CONNECTOR_MESSAGES=true
in your local
airbyte-platform
repository. This will log the messages the Airbyte platform receives from the source and destination when debugging locally. For example, you can use the command
LOG_CONNECTOR_MESSAGES=true VERSION=dev docker compose up
to start the platform with logging enabled. [source](https://docs.airbyte.com/contributing-to-airbyte/resources/developing-locally) For your custom destination connector, all logging should be done through the
self.logger
object available in the
Destination
class. If you log outside of this object, the logs will not be shown properly in the Airbyte UI. [source](https://docs.airbyte.com/connector-development/tutorials/building-a-python-destination) In the
write
method of your destination connector, you should be implementing the logic to write data to the underlying destination. This method reads a configuration, a stream of records from stdin, and a configured catalog describing the schema of the data and how it should be written to the destination. You can add logging statements within this method using the
self.logger
object to track the progress of the data writing process. [source](https://docs.airbyte.com/connector-development/tutorials/building-a-python-destination) Here is an example of how you might use the logger in the
write
method:
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python def write(self, config, configured_catalog, input_messages):     # Your implementation here     <http://self.logger.info|self.logger.info>("Writing data to destination...")     # More implementation     <http://self.logger.info|self.logger.info>("Data written successfully.")
Please note that the above code is a simplified example and your actual implementation may vary.
a
once this is implemented, what file will the logs appear in?