Clearing Python Console in QGIS using Python Command

Question

I'm developing a python script in which I use several "print" statements to view the intermediate results in python console of QGIS. Each time after executing the program, I have to manually clear the python console using "Clear Console" option.

Is there a way out to clear the printed statements in python console using a command?

I tried using the following command from this answer

qgis.console.clearConsole()

But I am getting this error message

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'console'

Answer 1

QGIS offers you several classes for logging messages into the Log Messages Panel (i.e., no need to print debug messages from your plugin into the QGIS Python console). You could even easily create a tab in such a panel exclusively for your plugin using QgsMessageLog class:

from qgis.core import Qgis
QgsMessageLog.logMessage( "Info message from plugin", "My Plugin", Qgis.Info )
QgsMessageLog.logMessage( "My warning message", "My Plugin", Qgis.Warning )
QgsMessageLog.logMessage( "My critical message!!!", "My Plugin", Qgis.Critical )
QgsMessageLog.logMessage( "My success message", "My Plugin", Qgis.Success )

Having said that, you can clear the QGIS Python console with these 3 lines:

from qgis.PyQt.QtWidgets import QDockWidget
consoleWidget = iface.mainWindow().findChild( QDockWidget, 'PythonConsole' )
consoleWidget.console.shellOut.clearConsole()