6 files changed, 63 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/src/pyssg/__init__.py b/src/pyssg/__init__.py
index a4e5857..5d112f1 100644
--- a/src/pyssg/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pyssg/__init__.py
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
-from logging import Logger, StreamHandler, getLogger, INFO
-
 from .pyssg import main
-from .per_level_formatter import PerLevelFormatter
-
+from .custom_logger import setup_logger
 
-# since this is the root package, setup the logger here
-__LOG_LEVEL: int = INFO
-log: Logger = getLogger(__name__)
-log.setLevel(__LOG_LEVEL)
-ch: StreamHandler = StreamHandler()
-ch.setLevel(__LOG_LEVEL)
-ch.setFormatter(PerLevelFormatter())
-log.addHandler(ch)
 
+setup_logger()
 # not meant to be used as a package, so just give main
-__all__ = ['main']
-\ No newline at end of file
+__all__ = ['main']
diff --git a/src/pyssg/per_level_formatter.py b/src/pyssg/custom_logger.py
index e3b6977..55f3e2d 100644
--- a/src/pyssg/per_level_formatter.py
+++ b/src/pyssg/custom_logger.py
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-from logging import Formatter, LogRecord, DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL
+import sys
+from logging import (Logger, StreamHandler, Formatter, LogRecord,
+                     DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL,
+                     getLogger)
+
+LOG_LEVEL: int = INFO
+# 'pyssg' es the name of the root logger
+LOGGER_NAME: str = 'pyssg'
 
 
 # only reason for this class is to get info formatting as normal text
@@ -27,3 +34,12 @@ class PerLevelFormatter(Formatter):
         formatter: Formatter = Formatter(
             fmt=fmt, datefmt=self.__DATE_FMT, style='%')
         return formatter.format(record)
+
+
+def setup_logger(name: str = LOGGER_NAME, level: int = LOG_LEVEL) -> None:
+    logger: Logger = getLogger(name)
+    handler: StreamHandler = StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+    logger.setLevel(level)
+    handler.setLevel(level)
+    handler.setFormatter(PerLevelFormatter())
+    logger.addHandler(handler)
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index fcf4189..58416ea 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,7 +1,30 @@
+import sys
+from typing import Callable
 import pytest
+from logging import getLogger, DEBUG
+
 from pyssg.arg_parser import get_parser
+from pyssg.custom_logger import setup_logger
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='session')
 def arg_parser():
     return get_parser()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='session')
+def logger():
+    setup_logger(__name__, DEBUG)
+    return getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def capture_stdout(monkeypatch: Callable) -> dict[str, str | int]:
+    buffer: dict[str, str | int] = {'stdout': '', 'write_calls': 0}
+
+    def fake_writer(s):
+        buffer['stdout'] += s
+        buffer['write_calls'] += 1  # type: ignore
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys.stdout, 'write', fake_writer)
+    return buffer
diff --git a/tests/io_files/__init__.py b/tests/io_files/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/io_files/__init__.py
diff --git a/tests/test_arg_parser.py b/tests/test_arg_parser.py
index 1a5b48c..e233e93 100644
--- a/tests/test_arg_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_arg_parser.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ def test_valid_args(args: list[str],
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('args', [
     (['--something-random']),
     (['-z']),
-    (['hello']),
     (['help']),
     (['h'])
 ])
diff --git a/tests/test_custom_logger.py b/tests/test_custom_logger.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1062e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_custom_logger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import pytest
+from logging import DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL
+from typing import Callable
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('log_level, starts_with, message', [
+    (DEBUG, '[DEBUG]', 'first message'),
+    (INFO, 'second message', 'second message'),
+    (WARNING, '\x1b[33m[WARNING]', 'third message'),
+    (ERROR, '\x1b[31m[ERROR]', 'fourth message'),
+    (CRITICAL, '\x1b[31;1m[CRITICAL]', 'fifth message'),
+])
+def test_log_levels(log_level: int,
+                    starts_with: str,
+                    message: str,
+                    logger: Callable,
+                    capture_stdout: dict[str, str | int]) -> None:
+    logger.log(log_level, message)
+    assert str(capture_stdout['stdout']).startswith(starts_with)
+    assert message in str(capture_stdout['stdout'])