Is there a way to grab the all text from the tool execution dialog at the end of a python tool? I want to write the content to a log (10.1).

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I'm used to log everything I do in my python scripts to the tool-message window with like this.. arcpy.AddMessage("!!!!ERROR!!!!, unable to delete existing folder: " + fpth)‍‍ At the end of my script I'd like to grab all messages and write them to a textfile at once. something like: allmsgs = arcpy.getMessages() #but this only gets the last geoprocessing message logfile = open("c:\temp\mytoollog1.txt", 'w') logfile.write(allmsgs) logfile.close‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Maybe it can be grabbed from the results window? Thanks

BartvanderWolf · Answer

Hi Rebecca,

I know I can save manualy from the results window. I also could use a logger. But since we have this nice results window. I was hoping to be able to write all message contents to a file at once.

I will have a close look at your logging code. It looks like what I used in 9.3. Back then I used a custom addmessage-function and used it for every addMessage in my scripts and write to a logfile simultaniously.

Thanks!

RebeccaStrauch__GISP · Answer

You can right-click on the results and do a "Save As" Freddie Gibson‌ helped me setup a logging file years ago that I still use (modified some since then). In this case, I'm just capturing what I "print/AddMessage" (myMsg function) I have various time/date functions which can be modified to fit your needs. import time import arcpy import os from time import localtime def timeStamp(): # returns time stamp. return time.strftime(' - %B %d - %H:%M:%S') def myMsgs(message): arcpy.AddMessage("{0} {1}".format(message, curTime())) print("{0} {1} {2}".format(message, curDate(), curTime())) global messageCount logFolder = r"C:\ESRITEST" if not arcpy.Exists(logFolder): arcpy.CreateFolder_management(os.sep.join(logFolder.split(os.sep)[:-1]), logFolder.split(os.sep)[-1]) mdy = curDate() logName = "logfile_" + "_".join(mdy.split("/")) + ".log" logFile = open(os.path.join(logFolder, logName), "a") #a=append, w=create new if message.lower() == "blank line": logFile.write(" ") print(' ') elif message.lower() == "close logfile": logFile.write(" ***** finished ***** ") logFile.close() else: messageCount += 1 logFile.write("0" * (5 - len(str(messageCount))) + str(messageCount) + ". ") logFile.write(message) logFile.write(" ") #print(message) #arcpy.AddMessage(message) def curDate(): # mmddyyyy rawTime = localtime() yr = str(rawTime[0]) # Collect the year from the rawTime variable mo = str(rawTime[1]).zfill(2) # 2-char month from local rawTime dy = str(rawTime[2]).zfill(2) # 2-char day from local rawTime return "/".join([mo, dy, yr]) def curTime(): # hhmmss rawTime = localtime() hr = str(rawTime[3]).zfill(2) # 2-char hour from local rawTime mins = str(rawTime[4]).zfill(2) # 2-char minute from local rawTime secs = str(rawTime[5]).zfill(2) # 2-char second from local rawTime return (":".join([hr, mins, secs])) def curFileDateTime(): # yyyymmdd_hhmm rawTime = localtime() yr = str(rawTime[0]) # Collect year from local rawTime mo = str(rawTime[1]).zfill(2) # 2-char month from local rawTime dy = str(rawTime[2]).zfill(2) # 2-char day from local rawTime hr = str(rawTime[3]).zfill(2) # 2-char hour from local rawTime mn = str(rawTime[4]).zfill(2) # 2-char minute from local rawTime return (yr + mo + dy + "_" + hr + mn) #return "".join([mo, dy, yr, hr, mn]) def archiveDate(): # yyyymmddhhmm rawTime = localtime() yr = str(rawTime[0]) # Collect year from local rawTime mo = str(rawTime[1]).zfill(2) # 2-char month from local rawTime dy = str(rawTime[2]).zfill(2) # 2-char day from local rawTime hr = str(rawTime[3]).zfill(2) # 2-char hour from local rawTime mn = str(rawTime[4]).zfill(2) # 2-char minute from local rawTime return "".join([yr, mo, dy, hr, mn]) messageCount = 0 ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍