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+# Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Imports
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+import functools
+import logging
+import os
+
+from bumble import colors
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class ColorFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    _colorizers = {
+        logging.DEBUG: functools.partial(colors.color, fg="white"),
+        logging.INFO: functools.partial(colors.color, fg="green"),
+        logging.WARNING: functools.partial(colors.color, fg="yellow"),
+        logging.ERROR: functools.partial(colors.color, fg="red"),
+        logging.CRITICAL: functools.partial(colors.color, fg="black", bg="red"),
+    }
+
+    _formatters = {
+        level: logging.Formatter(
+            fmt=colorizer("{asctime}.{msecs:03.0f} {levelname:.1} {name}: ")
+            + "{message}",
+            datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
+            style="{",
+        )
+        for level, colorizer in _colorizers.items()
+    }
+
+    def format(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> str:
+        return self._formatters[record.levelno].format(record)
+
+
+def setup_basic_logging(default_level: str = "INFO") -> None:
+    """
+    Set up basic logging with logging.basicConfig, configured with a simple formatter
+    that prints out the date and log level in color.
+    If the BUMBLE_LOGLEVEL environment variable is set to the name of a log level, it
+    is used. Otherwise the default_level argument is used.
+
+    Args:
+      default_level: default logging level
+
+    """
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    handler.setFormatter(ColorFormatter())
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level=os.environ.get("BUMBLE_LOGLEVEL", default_level).upper(),
+        handlers=[handler],
+    )