["python","python-2.7","exception","stack-trace"]
Get exception description and stack trace which caused an exception, all as a string

How to convert a caught Exception (its description and stack trace) into a str for external use? try: method_that_can_raise_an_exception(params) except Exception as e: print(complete_exception_description(e))
See the traceback module, specifically the format_exc() function. Here. import traceback try: raise ValueError except ValueError: tb = traceback.format_exc() else: tb = "No error" finally: print(tb)