{"categories":[{"label":"Monitoring","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-monitoring/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Sends Python log messages to Datadog as Events in the Events Explorer via a custom logging.Handler, with support for tags and mentions.","skillfed_tags":["logging","datadog-integration","event-alerting"],"use_cases":["Alert on application errors by sending ERROR and CRITICAL logs as Datadog events tagged for your team.","Route specific logger output to Datadog events while keeping other logs local or in a separate system.","Notify Slack or other integrations via Datadog mentions when critical log events occur.","Track exceptions with full stack traces as discrete events in Datadog's Events Explorer.","Add custom tags to log-based events for filtering and correlation in Datadog dashboards."],"what_it_does":"Datadog Logger is a Python logging handler that bridges the standard logging module to Datadog's Events Explorer. Instead of sending logs to Datadog's Log Management product (which requires separate configuration), this handler converts log records into Datadog events, allowing you to surface ERROR and higher-level messages as discrete events that can be tagged, mentioned, and alerted on.\n\nYou configure it by either calling the convenience function `log_error_events()` on the root logger or manually instantiating `DatadogLogHandler` and adding it to specific loggers. The handler converts the log message into an event title, includes the full formatted record (and stack trace if present) as event text, and appends any mentions you specify. It requires only the datadog package as a dependency and supports Python 3.10 and later.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you use Datadog and want to surface application errors as events in the Events Explorer with minimal setup. The single dependency, permissive license, and active maintenance make it a low-friction choice. Not suitable if you need Datadog's Log Management product or log aggregation beyond event creation."},"id":"datadog-logger","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/datadog-logger","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/datadog-logger.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/datadog-logger/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-07-27","license_spdx":"MIT","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"datadog-logger","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Python logging handler for DataDog events"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":449443,"position":6595,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.0.3"}