try

foodie_engagement_tweet.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 load_dotenv()
 
+# Define constants
 REFERENCE_DATE_FILE = ENGAGEMENT_REFERENCE_DATE_FILE
 LOCK_FILE = "/home/shane/foodie_automator/locks/foodie_engagement_tweet.lock"
 LOG_FILE = "/home/shane/foodie_automator/logs/foodie_engagement_tweet.log"
@@ -31,27 +32,32 @@ URL = "https://insiderfoodie.com"
 URL_SHORTENED_LENGTH = 23  # Twitter's shortened URL length
 CURRENT_YEAR = "2025"  # Explicitly set the current year for the prompt
 
-def setup_logging():
+# Setup logging at the very start
-    """Initialize logging with pruning of old logs."""
+logger = logging.getLogger()
-    try:
+logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-        # Ensure the logs directory exists
-        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(LOG_FILE), exist_ok=True)
 
-        # Configure logging first
+# Clear any existing handlers (in case another script configured the logger)
-        logging.basicConfig(
+logger.handlers = []
-            filename=LOG_FILE,
+
-            level=logging.DEBUG,
+# Console handler
-            format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s',
-            datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
-        )
 console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-        console_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'))
+console_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-        console_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)  # Show DEBUG messages in console too
+console_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s', datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
-        logging.getLogger().addHandler(console_handler)
+logger.addHandler(console_handler)
-        logging.getLogger("openai").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-        logging.getLogger("tweepy").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
-        # Now that logging is configured, prune old logs if the file exists
+# File handler
+try:
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(LOG_FILE), exist_ok=True)
+    file_handler = logging.FileHandler(LOG_FILE, mode='a')
+    file_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    file_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s', datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
+    logger.addHandler(file_handler)
+    logging.info("File logging initialized successfully.")
+except Exception as e:
+    logging.error(f"Failed to setup file logging to {LOG_FILE}: {e}. Continuing with console-only logging.")
+
+# Prune old logs if the file exists
+try:
     if os.path.exists(LOG_FILE):
         with open(LOG_FILE, 'r') as f:
             lines = f.readlines()
@@ -73,22 +79,12 @@ def setup_logging():
             logging.info(f"Skipped {malformed_count} malformed log lines during pruning")
         with open(LOG_FILE, 'w') as f:
             f.writelines(pruned_lines)
+except Exception as e:
+    logging.warning(f"Failed to prune log file {LOG_FILE}: {e}")
 
 logging.info("Logging initialized for foodie_engagement_tweet.py")
-    except Exception as e:
-        # Fallback to console-only logging if file logging fails
-        logging.basicConfig(
-            level=logging.DEBUG,
-            format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s',
-            datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
-        )
-        console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-        console_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'))
-        console_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-        logging.getLogger().addHandler(console_handler)
 logging.getLogger("openai").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 logging.getLogger("tweepy").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-        logging.error(f"Failed to setup file logging to {LOG_FILE}: {e}. Falling back to console-only logging.")
 
 def acquire_lock():
     """Acquire a lock to prevent concurrent runs."""
@@ -434,7 +430,6 @@ def main():
     lock_fd = None
     try:
         lock_fd = acquire_lock()
-        setup_logging()
         post_engagement_tweet()
     except Exception as e:
         logging.error(f"Fatal error in main: {e}", exc_info=True)