Add some basic logging to the application. Also for severe errors, track them in info.log file in local folder

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__pycache__
+__PYCache__
 Data
 src/themes/__current_theme
 designer.bat
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ launch.bat
 spec_files/**/output
 *.txt
 *.json
+info.log

src/acfvalue.py

@@ -28,14 +28,13 @@ class ACFValue:
                 self._description = ""
                 self._value = value
                 self._string = self._value
-            try:
+            if self._value.isdigit():
                 self.numeric_value = float(self._value)
-            except Exception:
-                self.is_numeric = False
-                self.numeric_value = 0.0
-            else:
                 self.is_numeric = True
                 self._string += " ms"
+            else:
+                self.is_numeric = False
+                self.numeric_value = 0.0
 
     @classmethod
     def list_from_series(cls, series):

src/artemis.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import webbrowser
 import os
 import sys
 from time import sleep, time
+import logging
 
 from pandas import read_csv
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ from downloadtargetfactory import get_download_target
 from settings import Settings
 from updatescontroller import UpdatesController
 from urlbutton import UrlButton
+import loggingconf  # noqa 401
 
 # import default_imgs_rc
 
@@ -256,6 +258,7 @@ class Artemis(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
             font.setUnderline(self.settings.font['underline'])
             self.apply_font(font)
         except Exception:  # Invalid font
+            logging.warning("Invalid Font in settings.json")
             pass
 
     @pyqtSlot()
@@ -357,6 +360,7 @@ class Artemis(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         try:
             webbrowser.open(Constants.GFD_SITE + query.lower())
         except Exception:
+            logging.error("Cannot open browser")
             pass
 
     def set_initial_size(self):
@@ -445,7 +449,8 @@ class Artemis(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
             else:
                 try:
                     is_checksum_ok = checksum_ok(db, get_db_hash_code())
-                except Exception:
+                except ValueError as e:
+                    logging.info(e)
                     pop_up(self, title=Messages.NO_CONNECTION,
                            text=Messages.NO_CONNECTION_MSG).show()
                 else:
@@ -485,7 +490,8 @@ class Artemis(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
             else:
                 try:
                     is_checksum_ok = checksum_ok(db, get_db_hash_code())
-                except Exception:
+                except ValueError as e:
+                    logging.info(e)
                     pop_up(self, title=Messages.NO_CONNECTION,
                            text=Messages.NO_CONNECTION_MSG).show()
                 else:

src/loggingconf.py

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import logging
+import logging.config
+from constants import __BASE_FOLDER__
+import os.path
+
+"""Import the module to initialize the logging configuration"""
+
+_LOGGING_CONFIG = {
+    'version': 1,
+    'formatters': {
+        'general': {
+            'format': '%(asctime)s::%(levelname)s::%(module)s::%(funcName)s::%(message)s',
+            'datefmt': '%d/%m/%Y %I:%M:%S %p'
+        }
+    },
+    'handlers': {
+        'console': {
+            'level': 'INFO',
+            'formatter': 'general',
+            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
+            'stream': 'ext://sys.stdout',
+        },
+        'file': {
+            'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'filename': os.path.join(__BASE_FOLDER__, 'info.log'),
+            'mode': 'w',
+            'encoding': 'utf8',
+            'formatter': 'general'
+        }
+    },
+    'root': {
+        'level': 'DEBUG',
+        'handlers': ['console', 'file']
+    },
+    'loggers': {
+        'root.sublogger': {
+            'propagate': False,
+            'level': 'DEBUG',
+            'handlers': ['console', 'file']
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+logging.config.dictConfig(_LOGGING_CONFIG)

src/settings.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os.path
 from constants import Constants
 import json
+import logging
 
 
 class Settings:
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ class Settings:
         try:
             with open(Constants.SETTINGS_FILE, 'r') as settings_file:
                 self._dct = json.load(settings_file)
-        except Exception:
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            logging.info("No settings.json file")
             pass  # Invalid file.
 
     def save(self, **kwargs):

src/themesmanager.py

@@ -272,17 +272,15 @@ class ThemeManager:
 
     def apply_default_theme(self):
         """Apply the default theme if no theme is set or the theme name is invalid."""
-        try:
+        pretty_name = self._theme_names.get(self._pretty_name(ThemeConstants.DEFAULT), None)
-            self._theme_names[
+        if pretty_name is None:
-                self._pretty_name(ThemeConstants.DEFAULT)
-            ].setChecked(True)
-        except Exception:
             pop_up(
                 self._owner,
                 title=ThemeConstants.THEME_NOT_FOUND,
                 text=ThemeConstants.MISSING_THEME
             ).show()
         else:
+            pretty_name.setChecked(True)
             self._apply(ThemeConstants.DEFAULT_THEME_PATH)
 
     def start(self):
@@ -291,11 +289,11 @@ class ThemeManager:
         if self._owner.settings.theme is not None:
             theme_path = os.path.join(ThemeConstants.FOLDER, self._owner.settings.theme)
             theme_name = self._pretty_name(os.path.basename(theme_path))
-            try:
+            theme = self._theme_names.get(theme_name, None)
-                self._theme_names[theme_name].setChecked(True)
+            if theme is None:
-            except Exception:
                 self.apply_default_theme()
             else:
+                theme.setChecked(True)
                 self._apply(theme_path, save=False)
         else:
             self.apply_default_theme()

src/updatescontroller.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 import subprocess as sp
 import webbrowser
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject, pyqtSlot, QProcess
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ class UpdatesController(QObject):
                 try:
                     updater.startDetached(command)
                 except BaseException:
+                    logging.error("Unable to start updater")
                     pass
                 else:
                     qApp.quit()
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ class UpdatesController(QObject):
             ) as proc:
                 updater_version = proc.stdout.read().rstrip("\r\n")  # Strip any possible newline, to be sure.
         except Exception:
+            logging.error("Unable to query the updater")
             updater_version = latest_updater_version
         if latest_updater_version is None:
             return

src/utilities.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 from functools import partial
 import hashlib
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMessageBox
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ def checksum_ok(data, reference_hash_code):
 
     Expects a sha256 code as argument."""
     if reference_hash_code is None:
-        raise Exception("ERROR: Invalid hash code.")
+        raise ValueError("ERROR: Invalid hash code.")
     code = hashlib.sha256()
     code.update(data)
     return code.hexdigest() == reference_hash_code
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ def safe_cast(value, cast_type, default=-1):
     try:
         r = cast_type(value)
     except Exception:
+        logging.error("Cast type failure")
         r = default
     finally:
         return r

src/weatherdata.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 import re
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QPixmap
 from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSlot, pyqtSignal, QObject
@@ -347,6 +348,7 @@ class ForecastData(_BaseWeatherData):
             self._set_dates(forecast, rows["solar_row"])
             self._set_labels_values(labels_table)
         except Exception:
+            logging.error("Update ForecastData failure")
             pass
 
     def remove_data(self):

src/web_utilities.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 import os
 import sys
 import urllib3
@@ -39,12 +40,19 @@ def _download_multiline_file_as_list(url=Database.LINK_REF):
     try:
         return download_file(url, encoding="UTF-8").splitlines()[-1].split(Database.DELIMITER)
     except Exception:
+        logging.error("Database metadata download failure")
         return None
 
 
 def get_folder_hash_code():
-    return _download_multiline_file_as_list()[0]
+    f = _download_multiline_file_as_list()
+    if f is not None:
+        return f[0]
+    return None
 
 
 def get_db_hash_code():
-    return _download_multiline_file_as_list()[1]
+    f = _download_multiline_file_as_list()
+    if f is not None:
+        return f[1]
+    return None