Catch error text in custom 500 handler

Question

Somewhere in my views, I throw an error, particularly this one:

views.py

from xmlrpclib import Fault

def some_function(request):
    if         


        

Answer 1

Try to override django.conf.urls.defaults.handler500 in your urls.py.

from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
handler500 = 'path.to.my_custom_500'

or even better - write your own handler and put it in the LOGGING settings.

Edit:

You can also add to your my_custom_500 code that will recognize type of exception, eg:

import sys; 

def my_custom_500(request):
    ...
    type_, value, traceback = sys.exc_info()
    ...