code: def _get_log_level(level):
          
          # default to DEBUG
          if level is None or level == "DEBUG":
              return logging.DEBUG
  
          level = level.upper()
          # Make debugging configurable
          if level == "INFO":
              return logging.INFO
          elif level == "WARNING":
              return logging.WARNING
          elif level == "CRITICAL":
              return logging.CRITICAL
          elif level == "ERROR":
              return logging.ERROR
          elif level == "FATAL":
              return logging.FATAL
          else:
              raise Exception("UnknownLogLevelException: enter a valid log level")
docs: small static method to get logging level
          :param str level: string of the level e.g. "INFO"
          :returns logging.<LEVEL>: appropriate debug level