How do I raise the same Exception with a custom message in Python?

I have this try block in my code: try: do_something_that_might_raise_an_exception() except ValueError as err: errmsg = ‘My custom error message.’ raise ValueError(errmsg) Strictly speaking, I am actually raising another ValueError, not the ValueError thrown by do_something…(), which is referred to as err in this case. How do I attach a custom message to err? I … Read more

How to send email to multiple recipients using python smtplib?

After much searching I couldn’t find out how to use smtplib.sendmail to send to multiple recipients. The problem was every time the mail would be sent the mail headers would appear to contain multiple addresses, but in fact only the first recipient would receive the email. The problem seems to be that the email.Message module … Read more

How to show the “Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page?” when changes committed?

Here in stackoverflow, if you started to make changes then you attempt to navigate away from the page, a javascript confirm button shows up and asks: “Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page?” blee blah bloo… Has anyone implemented this before, how do I track that changes were committed? I believe … Read more