my_logging.py

import logging
import yaml

with open("config.yaml", 'r') as yamlfile:
    cfg = yaml.load(yamlfile)

log_level = cfg['session']['log_level']

numeric_level = getattr(logging, log_level.upper(), None)

if not isinstance(numeric_level, int):
    raise ValueError('Invalid log level: %s' % log_level)

logging.basicConfig(level=numeric_level, format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s', datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
logging.getLogger("pika").setLevel(logging.WARN)