When I catch an exception, how do I get the type, file, and line number?
Solution 1
import sys, os
try:
raise NotImplementedError("No error")
except Exception as e:
exc_type, exc_obj, exc_tb = sys.exc_info()
fname = os.path.split(exc_tb.tb_frame.f_code.co_filename)[1]
print(exc_type, fname, exc_tb.tb_lineno)
Solution 2
Simplest form that worked for me.
import traceback
try:
print(4/0)
except ZeroDivisionError:
print(traceback.format_exc())
Output
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/path/to/file.py", line 51, in <module>
print(4/0)
ZeroDivisionError: division by zero
Process finished with exit code 0
Solution 3
Source (Py v2.7.3) for traceback.format_exception() and called/related functions helps greatly. Embarrassingly, I always forget to Read the Source. I only did so for this after searching for similar details in vain. A simple question, "How to recreate the same output as Python for an exception, with all the same details?" This would get anybody 90+% to whatever they're looking for. Frustrated, I came up with this example. I hope it helps others. (It sure helped me! ;-)
import sys, traceback
traceback_template = '''Traceback (most recent call last):
File "%(filename)s", line %(lineno)s, in %(name)s
%(type)s: %(message)s\n''' # Skipping the "actual line" item
# Also note: we don't walk all the way through the frame stack in this example
# see hg.python.org/cpython/file/8dffb76faacc/Lib/traceback.py#l280
# (Imagine if the 1/0, below, were replaced by a call to test() which did 1/0.)
try:
1/0
except:
# http://docs.python.org/2/library/sys.html#sys.exc_info
exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = sys.exc_info() # most recent (if any) by default
'''
Reason this _can_ be bad: If an (unhandled) exception happens AFTER this,
or if we do not delete the labels on (not much) older versions of Py, the
reference we created can linger.
traceback.format_exc/print_exc do this very thing, BUT note this creates a
temp scope within the function.
'''
traceback_details = {
'filename': exc_traceback.tb_frame.f_code.co_filename,
'lineno' : exc_traceback.tb_lineno,
'name' : exc_traceback.tb_frame.f_code.co_name,
'type' : exc_type.__name__,
'message' : exc_value.message, # or see traceback._some_str()
}
del(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback) # So we don't leave our local labels/objects dangling
# This still isn't "completely safe", though!
# "Best (recommended) practice: replace all exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback
# with sys.exc_info()[0], sys.exc_info()[1], sys.exc_info()[2]
print
print traceback.format_exc()
print
print traceback_template % traceback_details
print
In specific answer to this query:
sys.exc_info()[0].__name__, os.path.basename(sys.exc_info()[2].tb_frame.f_code.co_filename), sys.exc_info()[2].tb_lineno
Solution 4
Here is an example of showing the line number of where exception takes place.
import sys
try:
print(5/0)
except Exception as e:
print('Error on line {}'.format(sys.exc_info()[-1].tb_lineno), type(e).__name__, e)
print('And the rest of program continues')
Solution 5
Without any imports, but also incompatible with imported modules:
try:
raise TypeError("Hello, World!") # line 2
except Exception as e:
print(
type(e).__name__, # TypeError
__file__, # /tmp/example.py
e.__traceback__.tb_lineno # 2
)
$ python3 /tmp/example.py
TypeError /tmp/example.py 2
To reiterate, this does not work across import
s or modules, so if you do import X; try: X.example();
then the filename and line number will point to the line containing X.example()
instead of the line where it went wrong within X.example()
. If anyone knows how to easily get the file name and line number from the last stack trace line (I expected something like e[-1].filename
, but no such luck), please improve this answer.
Claudiu
Graduated from Brown University. E-mail: [email protected]
Updated on July 16, 2022Comments
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Claudiu almost 2 years
Catching an exception that would print like this:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:/tmp.py", line 1, in <module> 4 / 0 ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero
I want to format it into:
ZeroDivisonError, tmp.py, 1
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Daniel Pryden almost 15 yearsYou should be careful about unpacking sys.exc_info() into local variables, since if you get an exception in the except handler, the local vars could get kept in a circular reference and not GC'd. Best practice is to always just use slices off of sys.exc_info() instead. Or use other modules like traceback, as other posters have suggested.
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Reut over 14 yearsis tb just exc_tb? and os.path.split(blabla)[1] is os.path.basename(balbal)
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Basj about 10 yearsWith this code, I get (when
try: 1/0
) :<type 'exceptions.ZeroDivisionError'> integer division or modulo by zero
. How to haveZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero
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Johannes Overmann about 10 years@Basj: With sys.exc_info()[0].__name__ you get the plain name of the type.
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user almost 10 years@DanielPryden Python docs are also using the same unpacking method docs.python.org/2/library/traceback.html#traceback-examples
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Ivan Bilan about 8 yearsI am importing a Class from a different file, when I use this solution the error points to the line in the current file on which the function from the class is called. The actual error occurs in a class file but this solution only shows the error in a current file. Any way to dig deeper?
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user2357112 about 8 years@RobM: Yes, it's thread-safe.
sys.exc_info()
was introduced to deal with thread-safety problems in the previous API. Its output is specific to both the current thread and the current stack frame. -
cs_alumnus almost 6 yearswhile not exactly the format the op wanted, this is the simplest and most robust solution
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saurabh over 5 yearsuse logging.exception(e) if using logging lib
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jouell over 5 yearswhat is robust about it?
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user2682863 about 5 yearschange
'message' : exc_value.message
to'message' : str(exc_value)
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Adam Lenda about 5 yearsan excellent demonstration of why everything simple is harder in python....
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Rishav over 4 years@jouell Hey, I like to use fancy words too sometimes :)
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Himanshu Gautam almost 4 yearsClean & effective. Thanks for sharing :)
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YNX over 3 yearsIt just more robust. High rate answer can't print the deepest stack in my program.
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pschanely almost 3 yearsI think possibly
e.__traceback__.tb_frame.f_code.co_filename
would do the trick for the filename. -
Cees Timmerman over 2 yearsWhat's unsafe about letting Python handle those variables like any other variables?
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Luc over 2 yearsFYI, copying the text instead of making a pixely (jpeg-y) screenshot of text is more searchable and useful.
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starriet over 2 yearsyou can also use
traceback.print_exc()
, withoutprint()
. save some typing :)