Getting exception details

Question

I know I can catch exceptions in python like:

try:
    with open('file.log') as file:
        read_data = file.read()
except:
    print('Exception!')

But how to get exception type or error message?

Answer 1

try:
    with open('file.log') as file:
        read_data = file.read()
except Exception as e:
    print(e)

You have to cast the Exception to a variable. This and more is in the Python documentation.