def silence(cls, *modules, **kwargs):
        """
        Args:
            *modules: Modules, or names of modules to silence (by setting their log level to WARNING or above)
            **kwargs: Pass as kwargs due to python 2.7, would be level=logging.WARNING otherwise
        """
        level = kwargs.pop("level", logging.WARNING)
        for mod in modules:
            name = mod.__name__ if hasattr(mod, "__name__") else mod
            logging.getLogger(name).setLevel(level)
Args:
            *modules: Modules, or names of modules to silence (by setting their log level to WARNING or above)
            **kwargs: Pass as kwargs due to python 2.7, would be level=logging.WARNING otherwise