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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# @Author: kevinmidboe
+# @Date:   2018-04-17 19:55:38
+# @Last Modified by:   KevinMidboe
+# @Last Modified time: 2018-05-04 00:04:25
+
+import logging
+import colored
+import json
+from pprint import pprint
+
+from colored import stylize
+
+__all__ = ('ColorizeFilter', )
+
+class ColorizeFilter(logging.Filter):
+   """
+   Class for setting specific colors to levels of severity for log output
+   """
+   color_by_level = {
+      10: 'chartreuse_3b',
+      20: 'white',
+      30: 'orange_1',
+      40: 'red'
+   }
+   
+   logger = logging.getLogger('deluge_cli')
+
+   def filter(self, record):
+      record.raw_msg = record.msg
+      color = self.color_by_level.get(record.levelno)
+      if color:
+         record.msg = stylize(record.msg, colored.fg(color))
+      return True
+
+def convert(data):
+    if isinstance(data, bytes):  return data.decode('ascii')
+    if isinstance(data, dict):   return dict(map(convert, data.items()))
+    if isinstance(data, tuple):  return map(convert, data)
+    json_data = json.dumps(data)
+    return json_data