1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/urllib3/__init__.py b/urllib3/__init__.py
index 2d6fece..b552543 100644
--- a/urllib3/__init__.py
+++ b/urllib3/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ urllib3 - Thread-safe connection pooling and re-using.
 
 __author__ = 'Andrey Petrov (andrey.petrov@shazow.net)'
 __license__ = 'MIT'
-__version__ = '1.3'
+__version__ = '1.5'
 
 
 from .connectionpool import (
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from .util import make_headers, get_host
 
 # Set default logging handler to avoid "No handler found" warnings.
 import logging
-try:
+try:  # Python 2.7+
     from logging import NullHandler
 except ImportError:
     class NullHandler(logging.Handler):
@@ -37,6 +37,22 @@ except ImportError:
 
 logging.getLogger(__name__).addHandler(NullHandler())
 
+def add_stderr_logger(level=logging.DEBUG):
+    """
+    Helper for quickly adding a StreamHandler to the logger. Useful for
+    debugging.
+
+    Returns the handler after adding it.
+    """
+    # This method needs to be in this __init__.py to get the __name__ correct
+    # even if urllib3 is vendored within another package.
+    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s'))
+    logger.addHandler(handler)
+    logger.setLevel(level)
+    logger.debug('Added an stderr logging handler to logger: %s' % __name__)
+    return handler
+
 # ... Clean up.
-del logging
 del NullHandler