Log exception with traceback

Question

How can I log my Python errors?

try:
    do_something()
except:
    # How can I log my exception here, complete with its traceback?

Answer 1

You can get the traceback using a logger, at any level (DEBUG, INFO, ...). Note that using logging.exception, the level is ERROR.

# test_app.py
import sys
import logging

logging.basicConfig(level="DEBUG")

def do_something():
    raise ValueError(":(")

try:
    do_something()
except Exception:
    logging.debug("Something went wrong", exc_info=sys.exc_info())

DEBUG:root:Something went wrong
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test_app.py", line 10, in 
    do_something()
  File "test_app.py", line 7, in do_something
    raise ValueError(":(")
ValueError: :(

EDIT:

This works too (using python 3.6)

logging.debug("Something went wrong", exc_info=True)