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The goal is to print the traceback from a failed python script. I have referenced a ton of stack articles, but I can not find one tailored to my needs. The goal is to email the traceback when there is a failure. I can email everything fine, it is just formating said traceback.
To get my traceback:
trace = traceback.format_exc()
send_email("Python Failure", trace, "[email protected]")
Email is being run through an html emailing with smtpObj and MIMEMultipart:
def send_email(subject, message, receivers):
sender = "mydomain.com"
msg = MIMEMultipart("alternative")
msg["Subject"] = subject
msg["From"] = sender
msg["To"] = ", ".join(receivers)
html = """
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<p><b>""" + subject + """</b></p>
<p>""" + message + """</p>
</body>
</html>
"""
part1 = MIMEText(message, "plain")
part2 = MIMEText(html, "html")
msg.attach(part1)
msg.attach(part2)
smtpObj = smtplib.SMTP("thats.not.cheddar")
smtpObj.sendmail(sender, receivers, msg.as_string())
smtpObj.quit()
When I receive the email, the traceback is there but it is all on one line. I was just wondering if anyone could help format a little bit better.
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asked Dec 06 '25 02:12
Promoting @snakecharmerb's comment to an answer because it worked for me. Wrap the traceback in <pre> tags:
f"<pre>{traceback.format_exc()}</pre>"
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