How can I get Django to print the debug information to the console?

Question

I\'m using urlib to hit my app not a browser so I can\'t see the debug screen when an error occurs. What\'s the best way to send the normal debug info to the console or a fi

Answer 1

The best way to do this is to set up a logging handler for django.requests. You do this by adding the LOGGING setting to your settings.py file. An example is included below:

LOGGING = {
    'version': 1,
    'disable_existing_loggers': True,
    'formatters': {
        'verbose': {
            'format': '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(module)s %(process)d %(thread)d %(message)s'
        },
    },
    'handlers': {
        'console': {
            'level': 'NOTSET',
            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
            'formatter': 'verbose'
        }
    },
    'loggers': {
        '': {
            'handlers': ['console'],
            'level': 'NOTSET',
        },
        'django.request': {
            'handlers': ['console'],
            'propagate': False,
            'level': 'ERROR'
        }
    }
}

With this in place, you'll see a nice stack trace in your terminal every time a 500 response is returned.

For more information on Django's implementation of the Python logger, see the documentation about logging.