Logging in FastAPI applications

Adding JSON-formatted log files

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Modified files

requirements.txt

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+++ 
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 databases[aiosqlite]
 python-dotenv
 rich
-asgi-correlation-id+asgi-correlation-id
+python-json-logger

storeapi/logging_conf.py

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+++ 
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
                     "format": "(%(correlation_id)s) %(name)s:%(lineno)d - %(message)s",
                 },
                 "file": {
-                    "class": "logging.Formatter",
+                    "class": "pythonjsonlogger.jsonlogger.JsonFormatter",
                     "datefmt": "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S",
-                    "format": "%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03dZ | %(levelname)-8s | [%(correlation_id)s] %(name)s:%(lineno)d - %(message)s",
+                    # For JsonFormatter, the format string just defines what keys are included in the log record
+                    # It's a bit clunky, but it's the way to do it for now
+                    "format": "%(asctime)s %(msecs)03d %(levelname)s %(correlation_id)s %(name)s %(lineno)d %(message)s",
                 },
             },
             "handlers": {