How To Reference An Exception Class In Python?

I want to catch a GPSException thrown by the gpxpy library. try: gpx = gpxpy.parse(open(filepath)) except GPXException: print 'GPXException for %s.' % filepath Since I am

Solution 1:

You need to reference the exception correctly.

Either import the exception directly into your module, or use the full reference:

import gpxpy.gpx

try:
    # ...
except gpxpy.gpx.GPSException:
    # ...

or

from gpxpy.gpx import GPSException

try:
    # ...
except GPSException:
    # ...