traceback_as_string.py

import traceback
import logging

def get_exception_info(skip=2):
    """Note, this relies on being called from the exception handler. This is very brittle to the depth of the call."""
    frames_output = []
    for frame in traceback.extract_stack()[:-skip]:
        fname, lineno, parent, function = frame
        frame_output = """  File "%s", line %d, in %s\n    %s""" % (fname, lineno, parent, function)
        frames_output.append(frame_output)
    msg = ''
    msg += 'Parent stack' + '\n'
    msg +=  '\n'.join(frames_output) + '\n'
    msg +=  'try stack' + '\n'
    msg +=  '\n'.join(traceback.format_exc().split('\n')[1:])
    return msg
    
def foo():
    try:
        1/0
    except:
        print "Using function - this is the I have yet, although it's extremely brittle'"
        print get_exception_info()

        print      
        print 'Logging sample'
        logging.exception('EEK!')
        
        print      
        print "'Normal' Traceback"
        raise
        
        
def bar():
    foo()
bar()