Added logging to formatter.py (#34)

* added logging to formatter.py

* Removed unnecessary f string

* Added some log.trace()

* improved some log.trace()

* Removed some stray fullstops

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bot/formatter.py b/bot/formatter.py
index 5b75d6a03..0a3360d54 100644
--- a/bot/formatter.py
+++ b/bot/formatter.py
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ class Formatter(HelpFormatter):
         self._paginator = Paginator(prefix="```py")
 
         if isinstance(self.command, Command):
+            # string used purely to make logs a teensy bit more readable
+            cog_string = f" from {self.command.cog_name}" if self.command.cog_name else ""
+
+            log.trace(f"Help command is on specific command {self.command.name}{cog_string}.")
+
             # strip the command off bot. and ()
             stripped_command = self.command.name.replace(HELP_PREFIX, "").replace("()", "")
 
@@ -71,6 +76,8 @@ class Formatter(HelpFormatter):
                 # discord.ext.commands.context.Context -> Context
                 arguments = arguments.replace(f"{annotation.__module__}.", "")
 
+            log.trace(f"Acquired arguments for command: '{arguments}' ")
+
             # manipulate the argspec to make it valid python when 'calling' the do_<command>
             args_no_type_hints = argspec.args
             for kwarg in argspec.kwonlyargs:
@@ -101,6 +108,10 @@ class Formatter(HelpFormatter):
             self._paginator.add_line(docstring)
             self._paginator.add_line(invocation)
 
+            log.trace(f"Help for {self.command.name}{cog_string} added to paginator.")
+
+            log.debug(f"Help for {self.command.name}{cog_string} generated.")
+
             return self._paginator.pages
 
         max_width = self.max_name_size
@@ -113,16 +124,23 @@ class Formatter(HelpFormatter):
         command_list = await self.filter_command_list()
         data = sorted(command_list, key=category_check)
 
+        log.trace(f"Acquired command list and sorted by cog name: {[command.name for command in data]}")
+
         for category, commands in itertools.groupby(data, key=category_check):
             commands = sorted(commands)
             if len(commands) > 0:
                 self._paginator.add_line(f"class {category}:")
                 self._add_subcommands_to_page(max_width, commands)
 
+        log.trace("Added cog and command names to the paginator.")
+
         self._paginator.add_line()
         ending_note = self.get_ending_note()
         # make the ending note appear as comments
         ending_note = "# "+ending_note.replace("\n", "\n# ")
         self._paginator.add_line(ending_note)
 
+        log.trace("Added ending note to paginator.")
+        log.debug("General or Cog help generated.")
+
         return self._paginator.pages