Python win32evtlog.GetNumberOfEventLogRecords() Examples

def test_basic(self):
        logtype = 'Application'
        elh = win32evtlog.OpenEventLog(None, logtype)
        num_recs = win32evtlog.GetNumberOfEventLogRecords(elh)

        try:
            h = logging.handlers.NTEventLogHandler('test_logging')
        except pywintypes.error as e:
            if e.winerror == 5:  # access denied
                raise unittest.SkipTest('Insufficient privileges to run test')
            raise

        r = logging.makeLogRecord({'msg': 'Test Log Message'})
        h.handle(r)
        h.close()
        # Now see if the event is recorded
        self.assertLess(num_recs, win32evtlog.GetNumberOfEventLogRecords(elh))
        flags = win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_BACKWARDS_READ | \
                win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_SEQUENTIAL_READ
        found = False
        GO_BACK = 100
        events = win32evtlog.ReadEventLog(elh, flags, GO_BACK)
        for e in events:
            if e.SourceName != 'test_logging':
                continue
            msg = win32evtlogutil.SafeFormatMessage(e, logtype)
            if msg != 'Test Log Message\r\n':
                continue
            found = True
            break
        msg = 'Record not found in event log, went back %d records' % GO_BACK
        self.assertTrue(found, msg=msg)

# Set the locale to the platform-dependent default.  I have no idea
# why the test does this, but in any case we save the current locale
# first and restore it at the end. 

def ReadLog(computer, logType="Application", dumpEachRecord = 0):
    # read the entire log back.
    h=win32evtlog.OpenEventLog(computer, logType)
    numRecords = win32evtlog.GetNumberOfEventLogRecords(h)
#       print "There are %d records" % numRecords

    num=0
    while 1:
        objects = win32evtlog.ReadEventLog(h, win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_BACKWARDS_READ|win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_SEQUENTIAL_READ, 0)
        if not objects:
            break
        for object in objects:
            # get it for testing purposes, but dont print it.
            msg = win32evtlogutil.SafeFormatMessage(object, logType)
            if object.Sid is not None:
                try:
                    domain, user, typ = win32security.LookupAccountSid(computer, object.Sid)
                    sidDesc = "%s/%s" % (domain, user)
                except win32security.error:
                    sidDesc = str(object.Sid)
                user_desc = "Event associated with user %s" % (sidDesc,)
            else:
                user_desc = None
            if dumpEachRecord:
                print "Event record from %r generated at %s" % (object.SourceName, object.TimeGenerated.Format())
                if user_desc:
                    print user_desc
                try:
                    print msg
                except UnicodeError:
                    print "(unicode error printing message: repr() follows...)"
                    print repr(msg)

        num = num + len(objects)

    if numRecords == num:
        print "Successfully read all", numRecords, "records"
    else:
        print "Couldn't get all records - reported %d, but found %d" % (numRecords, num)
        print "(Note that some other app may have written records while we were running!)"
    win32evtlog.CloseEventLog(h) 

def test_basic(self):
        logtype = 'Application'
        elh = win32evtlog.OpenEventLog(None, logtype)
        num_recs = win32evtlog.GetNumberOfEventLogRecords(elh)

        try:
            h = logging.handlers.NTEventLogHandler('test_logging')
        except pywintypes.error as e:
            if e.winerror == 5:  # access denied
                raise unittest.SkipTest('Insufficient privileges to run test')
            raise

        r = logging.makeLogRecord({'msg': 'Test Log Message'})
        h.handle(r)
        h.close()
        # Now see if the event is recorded
        self.assertLess(num_recs, win32evtlog.GetNumberOfEventLogRecords(elh))
        flags = win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_BACKWARDS_READ | \
                win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_SEQUENTIAL_READ
        found = False
        GO_BACK = 100
        events = win32evtlog.ReadEventLog(elh, flags, GO_BACK)
        for e in events:
            if e.SourceName != 'test_logging':
                continue
            msg = win32evtlogutil.SafeFormatMessage(e, logtype)
            if msg != 'Test Log Message\r\n':
                continue
            found = True
            break
        msg = 'Record not found in event log, went back %d records' % GO_BACK
        self.assertTrue(found, msg=msg)

# Set the locale to the platform-dependent default.  I have no idea
# why the test does this, but in any case we save the current locale
# first and restore it at the end. 

def _list_evt_xp(self, server, logtype):
        """Retrieves the contents of the event log for Windows XP"""
        self.logger.info('Exporting logs for : ' + logtype)
        hand = win32evtlog.OpenEventLog(server, logtype)
        flags = win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_FORWARDS_READ | win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_SEQUENTIAL_READ
        total = win32evtlog.GetNumberOfEventLogRecords(hand)
        sum_evt = 0
        while True:
            events = win32evtlog.ReadEventLog(hand, flags, 0)
            sum_evt += len(events)
            if events:
                for event in events:
                    data = event.StringInserts
                    date = datetime.datetime(event.TimeGenerated.year, event.TimeGenerated.month,
                                             event.TimeGenerated.day, event.TimeGenerated.hour,
                                             event.TimeGenerated.minute, event.TimeGenerated.second).strftime(
                        '%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S')

                    # print date + ' : ' + log_type + ' -> ' + log_data
                    if data:
                        yield unicode(event.EventCategory), unicode(event.SourceName), unicode(event.EventID), unicode(
                            event.EventType), date, list(data)
                    else:
                        yield unicode(event.EventCategory), unicode(event.SourceName), unicode(event.EventID), unicode(
                            event.EventType), date, []
            if sum_evt >= total:
                break 

def test_basic(self):
        logtype = 'Application'
        elh = win32evtlog.OpenEventLog(None, logtype)
        num_recs = win32evtlog.GetNumberOfEventLogRecords(elh)

        try:
            h = logging.handlers.NTEventLogHandler('test_logging')
        except pywintypes.error as e:
            if e.winerror == 5:  # access denied
                raise unittest.SkipTest('Insufficient privileges to run test')
            raise

        r = logging.makeLogRecord({'msg': 'Test Log Message'})
        h.handle(r)
        h.close()
        # Now see if the event is recorded
        self.assertLess(num_recs, win32evtlog.GetNumberOfEventLogRecords(elh))
        flags = win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_BACKWARDS_READ | \
                win32evtlog.EVENTLOG_SEQUENTIAL_READ
        found = False
        GO_BACK = 100
        events = win32evtlog.ReadEventLog(elh, flags, GO_BACK)
        for e in events:
            if e.SourceName != 'test_logging':
                continue
            msg = win32evtlogutil.SafeFormatMessage(e, logtype)
            if msg != 'Test Log Message\r\n':
                continue
            found = True
            break
        msg = 'Record not found in event log, went back %d records' % GO_BACK
        self.assertTrue(found, msg=msg)

# Set the locale to the platform-dependent default.  I have no idea
# why the test does this, but in any case we save the current locale
# first and restore it at the end.