LOG_SHORT_NAMES option

docs/topics/logging.rst

@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ These settings can be used to configure the logging:
 * :setting:`LOG_FORMAT`
 * :setting:`LOG_DATEFORMAT`
 * :setting:`LOG_STDOUT`
+* :setting:`LOG_SHORT_NAMES`
 
 The first couple of settings define a destination for log messages. If
 :setting:`LOG_FILE` is set, messages sent through the root logger will be
@@ -170,6 +171,10 @@ listed in `logging's logrecord attributes docs
 <https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior>`_
 respectively.
 
+If :setting:`LOG_SHORT_NAMES` is set, then the logs will not display the scrapy
+component that prints the log. It is unset by default, hence logs contain the 
+scrapy component responsible for that log output.
+
 Command-line options
 --------------------
 

docs/topics/settings.rst

@@ -788,6 +788,16 @@ If ``True``, all standard output (and error) of your process will be redirected
 to the log. For example if you ``print 'hello'`` it will appear in the Scrapy
 log.
 
+.. setting:: LOG_SHORT_NAMES
+
+LOG_SHORT_NAMES
+____________
+
+Default: ``False``
+
+If ``True``, the logs will just contain the root path. If it is set to ``False``
+then it displays the component responsible for the log output
+
 .. setting:: MEMDEBUG_ENABLED
 
 MEMDEBUG_ENABLED

scrapy/settings/default_settings.py

@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ LOG_DATEFORMAT = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
 LOG_STDOUT = False
 LOG_LEVEL = 'DEBUG'
 LOG_FILE = None
+LOG_SHORT_NAMES = False
 
 SCHEDULER_DEBUG = False
 

scrapy/utils/log.py

@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ def _get_handler(settings):
     )
     handler.setFormatter(formatter)
     handler.setLevel(settings.get('LOG_LEVEL'))
-    handler.addFilter(TopLevelFormatter(['scrapy']))
+    if settings.getbool('LOG_SHORT_NAMES'):
+        handler.addFilter(TopLevelFormatter(['scrapy']))
     return handler