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 file?

Edit: I'm already catching the output of the page but when I print that to the screen it's filled with tons of useless html. can I get just the error?

Answer 1

Update - 2016

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I recommend using one of the approaches below that use the built in logging system.

In the same way exceptions are piped to the admin email handler, you can send the data to a console logger, file logger, or anywhere else (solely, or in addition to the email handler.)

Original answer

Well, the easiest way is to set debug mode OFF and let django email you the error, since that literally takes 5 seconds: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/error-reporting/

Otherwise, I'd write a middleware that logs the exception, but it's a little more of a pain if you want the stack trace. Here's the documentation.

import traceback import sys from __future__ import print_function  class ProcessExceptionMiddleware(object):     def process_exception(self, request, exception):         # Just print the exception object to stdout         print(exception)          # Print the familiar Python-style traceback to stderr         traceback.print_exc()          # Write the traceback to a file or similar         myfile.write(''.join(traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info())))