import logging 

def setup_logger():
    # Create a logger
    logger = logging.getLogger()
    
    # Set the log level
    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
    
    # Create a formatter
    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
    
    # Create a stream handler to direct logs to stdout
    stream_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
    stream_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
    
    # Add the stream handler to the logger
    logger.addHandler(stream_handler)
    
    return logger

logger = setup_logger()