From ff4d688c9af631ea1c8054921d9f91c5f2cda25a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: matt <matt@theregion.beer>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:31:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add logfile to logging when called as main

---
 api/ble.py | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/ble.py b/api/ble.py
index 0a902b6..2e2069f 100644
--- a/api/ble.py
+++ b/api/ble.py
@@ -43,12 +43,18 @@ DISCOVER_TIMEOUT = SCAN_TIMEOUT + 5.0  # Timeout for discovering device
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 # Logging
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
-logging.basicConfig(
-    level=logging.INFO,
-    format="%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s",
-    datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+_logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+# Stream (stdout) handler – always present
+_stdout_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+_stdout_handler.setFormatter(
+    logging.Formatter(
+        fmt="%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s",
+        datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
+    )
 )
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+_logger.addHandler(_stdout_handler)
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 # Data model
@@ -305,6 +311,10 @@ def test(test_count = 0) -> None:
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import json
     import sys
+    _file_handler = logging.FileHandler("app.log", mode="a")
+    _file_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)      # same level (or tweak)
+    _file_handler.setFormatter(_stdout_handler.formatter)  # reuse formatter
+    _logger.addHandler(_file_handler)    
     # 1. Grab the argument (string)
     if len(sys.argv) < 2:
         print("Usage: python3 test.py <count>")
@@ -350,6 +360,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         result_summary =  " | ".join(parts)
         log.info(f"  {result_summary}")
 
+# finally create the log
+log = _logger
+
 # This is the structure of test_results
 #            [
 #                {