Django - catch exception

Question

It might be a Python newbie question...

try:
   #do something
except:
   raise Exception(\'XYZ has gone wrong...\')

Even with DEBUG=True,

Answer 1

You have three options here.

1. Provide a 404 handler or 500 handler
2. Catch the exception elsewhere in your code and do appropriate redirection
3. Provide custom middleware with the process_exception implemented

Middleware Example:

class MyExceptionMiddleware(object):
    def process_exception(self, request, exception):
        if not isinstance(exception, SomeExceptionType):
            return None
        return HttpResponse('some message')