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+# Copyright (C) 2015  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+import logging
+import os
+import unittest
+
+from nose.tools import istest
+from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
+
+from swh.core.logger import PostgresHandler
+from swh.core.tests.db_testing import DbTestFixture
+
+
+TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+SQL_DIR = os.path.join(TEST_DIR, '../../../sql')
+
+
+@attr('db')
+class PgLogHandler(DbTestFixture, unittest.TestCase):
+
+    TEST_DB_DUMP = os.path.join(SQL_DIR, 'log-schema.sql')
+    TEST_DB_DUMP_TYPE = 'psql'
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self.modname = 'swh.core.tests.test_logger'
+        self.logger = logging.Logger(self.modname, logging.DEBUG)
+        self.logger.addHandler(PostgresHandler('dbname=' + self.TEST_DB_NAME))
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        logging.shutdown()
+        super().tearDown()
+
+    @istest
+    def log(self):
+        self.logger.info('notice',
+                         extra={'swh_type': 'test entry', 'swh_data': 42})
+        self.logger.warn('warning')
+
+        with self.conn.cursor() as cur:
+            cur.execute('SELECT level, message, data, src_module FROM log')
+            db_log_entries = cur.fetchall()
+
+        self.assertIn(('info', 'notice', {'type': 'test entry', 'data': 42},
+                       self.modname),
+                      db_log_entries)
+        self.assertIn(('warning', 'warning', {}, self.modname), db_log_entries)