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+"""This module contains the logging module."""
+from typing import Union
+from pathlib import Path
+from datetime import datetime
+import sys
+
+
+class Logger:
+    """A logger class that logs, ya get the point."""
+
+    LOG_LEVELS = [
+        "debug",
+        "info",
+        "warning",
+        "error",
+        "critical",
+    ]
+    """The log levels' names.
+
+    When used as arguments, the counting starts at 1
+    instead of 0.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        log_file: Union[Path, str] = None,
+        append: bool = True,
+        stdout: bool = True,
+        log_level: int = 3,
+    ):
+        """Initialize a new Logger object.
+
+        Args:
+            log_file: path to a log file. If any of the folders within the log
+                file's path don't exist, they will get created. If no value is
+                specified, no log file is created.
+            append: wether or not to append to the existing file or overwrite
+                it. If False, the original file gets deleted during init.
+            stdout: wether or not to log to stdout as well
+            log_level: the minimum level to log
+        """
+        self.log_file = Path(log_file) if log_file else None
+        self.stdout = stdout
+        self.log_level = log_level
+
+        # Remove the original log file
+        if not append:
+            self.log_file.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+
+    def log(self, level: int, message: str):
+        """Log a message with a specific level.
+
+        Args:
+            level: log level (index in the LOG_LEVELS variable)
+            message: the message to log
+        """
+        if level < self.log_level:
+            return
+
+        level_name = self.LOG_LEVELS[level - 1].upper()
+        timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+        log_message = f"[{timestamp}][{level_name}]{message}\n"
+
+        if self.log_file:
+            self.log_file.write_text(log_message)
+
+        if self.stdout:
+            sys.stdout.write(log_message)
+
+    def debug(self, message: str):
+        """Log a debug message."""
+        self.log(1, message)
+
+    def info(self, message: str):
+        """Log an info message."""
+        self.log(2, message)
+
+    def warning(self, message: str):
+        """Log a warning message."""
+        self.log(3, message)
+
+    def error(self, message: str):
+        """Log an error message."""
+        self.log(4, message)
+
+    def critical(self, message: str):
+        """Log a critical message."""
+        self.log(5, message)