log.py should not configure logging.basicConfig()

[itguy19]

I needed the cloudscale-python-sdk, as well as logging in my new project. I configured logging as usual:

def configure_logging(log_file_path: str):
    logging.basicConfig(
        level=logging.DEBUG,
        filename=log_file_path,
        filemode="a",
        format="%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s",
    )

but this didn't seem to work. After two hours of debugging, I figured out that log.py configures logging.basicConfig() when I import the module. This was unexpected as I have not seen a module configure logging before.

To configure logging the way I want it to work, I need to import cloudscale AFTER I have configured my logging:
(works)

from logger import configure_logging, log_info

configure_logging("api.log")
import cloudscale

log_info("My logging!")

(doesn't work)

from logger import configure_logging, log_info

import cloudscale
configure_logging("api.log")

log_info("My logging!")

Importing cloudscale after I have configured logging works, but sadly results in pretty ugly code... I don't think the cloudscale-python-sdk should touch logging.basicConfig(), but if you have a better (intended) solution, please let me know. :)