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+import logbook
+import zmq
+import pytz
+import datetime
+
+from logbook import NOTSET
+from logbook.handlers import Handler
+
+from zipline.protocol import LOG_FRAME, LOG_FIELDS, \
+    LOG_EXTRA_FIELDS
+
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+class redirecter(object):
+    def __init__(self, logger, name):
+        self.logger = logger
+        self.buffer = bytes()
+        self.name = name
+
+    def write(self, line):
+        self.buffer += ''.join(['>>> ', line.strip('\n'), '\n'])
+
+    def flush(self, final=False):
+        if not self.buffer:
+            return
+        out_form = """ [{pipe_name}] \n{buffer}""".format(
+            pipe_name = self.name,
+            buffer    = self.buffer
+        )
+        self.logger.error(out_form)
+        self.buffer = bytes()
+
+class log_redirecter(object):  
+    def __init__(self, logger):
+        self.logger = logger
+            
+    def write(self, line):
+        #Absorb blank lines from print statements.
+        if line =='\n':
+            return
+
+        else:
+            #TODO: add logic to guarantee we made this
+            self.logger.info(line.strip('\n'))
+    
+    def flush(self, final=False):
+        pass
+
+@contextmanager
+def stdout_pipe(logger, pipe_name):
+    """
+    Pipe stdout and stderr into a python logger interface
+    """
+    import sys
+    orig_fds = sys.stdout, sys.stderr
+
+    sys.stderr = redirecter(logger, pipe_name)
+    sys.stdout = redirecter(logger, pipe_name)
+
+    yield
+    sys.stderr.flush()
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+    sys.stdout, sys.stderr = orig_fds
+
+@contextmanager
+def stdout_only_pipe(logger, pipe_name):
+    """
+    Pipes just stdout into a python logger interface
+    """
+    import sys
+    orig_fd = sys.stdout
+    sys.stdout = log_redirecter(logger)
+    
+    yield
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+    sys.stdout = orig_fd
+
+class ZeroMQLogHandler(Handler):
+    """
+    A handler that takes messages captured from the user algorithm stdout
+    and transforms them into LOG_FRAMES suitable for database storage.
+    Setup is similar to logbook.queues.ZeroMQHandler, except we connect
+    instead of binding and we extract record fields into a dict.
+    """
+    
+    def __init__(self, uri=None, level=NOTSET, filter=None, bubble=False,
+                 context=None, fds = LOG_FIELDS, extra_fds = LOG_EXTRA_FIELDS):
+        Handler.__init__(self, level, filter, bubble)
+        try:
+            import zmq
+        except ImportError:
+            raise RuntimeError('The pyzmq library is required for '
+                               'the ZeroMQHandler.')
+        #: the zero mq context
+        self.context = context
+        #: the zero mq socket.
+        self.socket = self.context.socket(zmq.PUSH)
+
+        self.uri = uri
+        if uri is not None:
+            self.socket.connect(uri)
+
+        self.fds = fds
+        self.extra_fds = extra_fds
+
+    def export_record(self, record):
+        """
+        Extract relevant fields from a log record, fiddling with datetime
+        fields to make json happy.
+        """
+        from zipline.utils.date_utils import EPOCH
+        
+        #Needed to extract record info from dictionary.
+        record.pull_information()
+
+        #Logbook stores record times as datetime objects, which
+        #can't be serialized by JSON, so we need to convert to 
+        #unix epoch representation.
+
+        if record.time:
+            assert isinstance(record.time, datetime.datetime)
+            
+            time = record.time.replace(tzinfo = pytz.utc)
+            #logbook measures time in utc already, no need to convert.
+            record.time = EPOCH(time)
+            
+        #Do the same if algo_dt is a datetime object.
+        if record.extra.has_key('algo_dt'):
+            algo_dt = record.extra['algo_dt']
+
+            if isinstance(algo_dt, datetime.datetime):
+               algo_dt = EPOCH(algo_dt.replace(tzinfo = pytz.utc))
+               record.extra['algo_dt'] = algo_dt
+               
+        data = {}
+        
+        #Extract all the fields we care about from LogRecord's internal
+        #dictionary. 
+
+        for field in iter(self.fds):
+            if record.__dict__.has_key(field):
+                data[field] = record.__dict__[field]
+            else:
+                data[field] = None
+                        
+        for field in iter(self.extra_fds):
+            if record.extra.has_key(field):
+                data[field] = record.extra[field]
+            else:
+                data[field] = None
+        return data
+        
+    def emit(self, record):
+        """Extract relevant fields and send info as JSON over a zmq socket."""
+        payload = self.export_record(record)
+        self.socket.send(LOG_FRAME(payload))
+        
+    def close(self):
+        #self.socket.close()
+        pass
+