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+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import sys
+
+from google.api import monitored_resource_pb2
+from google.cloud.logging_v2.services.logging_service_v2 import LoggingServiceV2Client
+from google.cloud.logging_v2.types import LogEntry
+from google.cloud.logging_v2.types import WriteLogEntriesRequest
+from google.logging.type import log_severity_pb2
+
+
+# [START logging_write_log_entry]
+def write_log_entry(project_id: str) -> None:
+    """Writes text and structured log entries to Cloud Logging."""
+
+    client = LoggingServiceV2Client()
+    log_name = f"projects/{project_id}/logs/python-example-log"
+    resource = monitored_resource_pb2.MonitoredResource(type="global")
+    labels = {"sample": "write-log-entry"}
+
+    text_entry = LogEntry(
+        log_name=log_name,
+        resource=resource,
+        severity=log_severity_pb2.INFO,
+        labels=labels,
+        text_payload="Text log entry written from Python.",
+    )
+
+    struct_entry = LogEntry(
+        log_name=log_name,
+        resource=resource,
+        severity=log_severity_pb2.WARNING,
+        labels=labels,
+        json_payload={
+            "message": "Structured log entry written from Python.",
+            "component": "sample",
+        },
+    )
+
+    client.write_log_entries(
+        request=WriteLogEntriesRequest(
+            entries=[text_entry],
+        )
+    )
+    print("Wrote one text log entry.")
+
+    client.write_log_entries(
+        request=WriteLogEntriesRequest(
+            entries=[text_entry, struct_entry],
+        )
+    )
+    print("Wrote a batch of text and structured log entries.")
+
+
+# [END logging_write_log_entry]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    write_log_entry(project_id=sys.argv[1])
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-logging/samples/snippets/write_log_entry_test.py b/packages/google-cloud-logging/samples/snippets/write_log_entry_test.py
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+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from unittest import mock
+
+from google.logging.type import log_severity_pb2
+
+import write_log_entry
+
+
+def test_write_log_entry(capsys):
+    project_id = "my-project"
+
+    with mock.patch.object(write_log_entry, "LoggingServiceV2Client") as client:
+        write_log_entry.write_log_entry(project_id)
+
+    logging_client = client.return_value
+    assert logging_client.write_log_entries.call_count == 2
+
+    single_request = logging_client.write_log_entries.call_args_list[0].kwargs["request"]
+    assert len(single_request.entries) == 1
+
+    text_entry = single_request.entries[0]
+    assert text_entry.log_name == f"projects/{project_id}/logs/python-example-log"
+    assert text_entry.resource.type == "global"
+    assert text_entry.severity == log_severity_pb2.INFO
+    assert text_entry.labels["sample"] == "write-log-entry"
+    assert text_entry.text_payload == "Text log entry written from Python."
+
+    batch_request = logging_client.write_log_entries.call_args_list[1].kwargs["request"]
+    assert len(batch_request.entries) == 2
+    assert batch_request.entries[0].text_payload == text_entry.text_payload
+
+    struct_entry = batch_request.entries[1]
+    assert struct_entry.resource.type == "global"
+    assert struct_entry.severity == log_severity_pb2.WARNING
+    assert struct_entry.labels["sample"] == "write-log-entry"
+    assert (
+        struct_entry.json_payload["message"]
+        == "Structured log entry written from Python."
+    )
+    assert struct_entry.json_payload["component"] == "sample"
+
+    out, _ = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "Wrote one text log entry." in out
+    assert "Wrote a batch of text and structured log entries." in out