user managed error processing

[hammy86]

Hello,
I have inherited some Python code and I am not a Python programmer. I am looking for a simple way to trap an error so I can gracefully manage the error. Right now it just puts the error on the screen. I think I need to use

import cgitb; cgitb.enable()

somehow, but I can not figure out how. Any hints?

 

[JustinEzequiel]

this works provided your Python code is a CGI script
I usually place this line at the start of the code
before any other imports, e.g.,

#!/usr/bin/python
"""this is my CGI script
"""
import cgitb; cgitb.enable()
import MySQLdb

# rest of code here

what the cgitb.enable() call does though is output a
formatted traceback to stdout
(which in the case of a CGI script is the client's browser)

 

[hammy86]

Makes sense - so any idea how I stop it from going to the browser?

 

[JustinEzequiel]

http://diveintopython.org/file_handling/index.html#fileinfo.exception

http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers

http://www.hetland.org/python/instant-python.php