Exceptions in PRAW

In addition to exceptions under the praw.exceptions namespace shown below, exceptions might be raised that inherit from prawcore.PrawcoreException. Please see the following resource for information on those exceptions: https://github.com/praw-dev/prawcore/blob/master/prawcore/exceptions.py

praw.exceptions

PRAW exception classes.

Includes two main exceptions: RedditAPIException for when something goes wrong on the server side, and ClientException when something goes wrong on the client side. Both of these classes extend PRAWException.

All other exceptions are subclassed from ClientException.

exception praw.exceptions.APIException(items: Union[List[Union[praw.exceptions.RedditErrorItem, List[str], str]], str], *optional_args: str)

Old class preserved for alias purposes.

Deprecated since version 7.0: Class APIException has been deprecated in favor of RedditAPIException. This class will be removed in PRAW 8.0.

__init__(items: Union[List[Union[praw.exceptions.RedditErrorItem, List[str], str]], str], *optional_args: str)

Initialize an instance of RedditAPIException.

Parameters

  • items – Either a list of instances of RedditErrorItem or a list containing lists of unformed errors.

  • optional_args – Takes the second and third arguments that APIException used to take.

property error_type

Get error_type.

Deprecated since version 7.0: Accessing attributes through instances of RedditAPIException is deprecated. This behavior will be removed in PRAW 8.0. Check out the PRAW 7 Migration tutorial on how to migrate code from this behavior.

property field

Get field.

Deprecated since version 7.0: Accessing attributes through instances of RedditAPIException is deprecated. This behavior will be removed in PRAW 8.0. Check out the PRAW 7 Migration tutorial on how to migrate code from this behavior.

property message

Get message.

Deprecated since version 7.0: Accessing attributes through instances of RedditAPIException is deprecated. This behavior will be removed in PRAW 8.0. Check out the PRAW 7 Migration tutorial on how to migrate code from this behavior.

static parse_exception_list(exceptions: List[Union[praw.exceptions.RedditErrorItem, List[str]]])

Covert an exception list into a RedditErrorItem list.

with_traceback()

Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.

exception praw.exceptions.ClientException

Indicate exceptions that don’t involve interaction with Reddit’s API.

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

with_traceback()

Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.

exception praw.exceptions.DuplicateReplaceException

Indicate exceptions that involve the replacement of MoreComments.

__init__()

Initialize the class.

with_traceback()

Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.

exception praw.exceptions.InvalidFlairTemplateID(template_id: str)

Indicate exceptions where an invalid flair template id is given.

__init__(template_id: str)

Initialize the class.

with_traceback()

Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.

exception praw.exceptions.InvalidImplicitAuth

Indicate exceptions where an implicit auth type is used incorrectly.

__init__()

Initialize the class.

with_traceback()

Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.

exception praw.exceptions.InvalidURL(url: str, message: str = 'Invalid URL: {}')

Indicate exceptions where an invalid URL is entered.

__init__(url: str, message: str = 'Invalid URL: {}')

Initialize the class.

Parameters

  • url – The invalid URL.

  • message – The message to display. Must contain a format identifier ({} or {0}). (default: "Invalid URL: {}")

with_traceback()

Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.

exception praw.exceptions.MediaPostFailed

Indicate exceptions where media uploads failed..

__init__()

Initialize MediaPostFailed.

property original_exception

Access the original_exception attribute (now deprecated).

with_traceback()

Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.

exception praw.exceptions.MissingRequiredAttributeException

Indicate exceptions caused by not including a required attribute.

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

with_traceback()

Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.

exception praw.exceptions.PRAWException

The base PRAW Exception that all other exception classes extend.

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

with_traceback()

Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.

exception praw.exceptions.RedditAPIException(items: Union[List[Union[praw.exceptions.RedditErrorItem, List[str], str]], str], *optional_args: str)

Container for error messages from Reddit’s API.

__init__(items: Union[List[Union[praw.exceptions.RedditErrorItem, List[str], str]], str], *optional_args: str)

Initialize an instance of RedditAPIException.

Parameters

  • items – Either a list of instances of RedditErrorItem or a list containing lists of unformed errors.

  • optional_args – Takes the second and third arguments that APIException used to take.

property error_type

Get error_type.

Deprecated since version 7.0: Accessing attributes through instances of RedditAPIException is deprecated. This behavior will be removed in PRAW 8.0. Check out the PRAW 7 Migration tutorial on how to migrate code from this behavior.

property field

Get field.

Deprecated since version 7.0: Accessing attributes through instances of RedditAPIException is deprecated. This behavior will be removed in PRAW 8.0. Check out the PRAW 7 Migration tutorial on how to migrate code from this behavior.

property message

Get message.

Deprecated since version 7.0: Accessing attributes through instances of RedditAPIException is deprecated. This behavior will be removed in PRAW 8.0. Check out the PRAW 7 Migration tutorial on how to migrate code from this behavior.

static parse_exception_list(exceptions: List[Union[praw.exceptions.RedditErrorItem, List[str]]])

Covert an exception list into a RedditErrorItem list.

with_traceback()

Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.

class praw.exceptions.RedditErrorItem(error_type: str, message: str, field: Optional[str] = None)

Represents a single error returned from Reddit’s API.

__init__(error_type: str, message: str, field: Optional[str] = None)

Initialize an error item.

Parameters

  • error_type – The error type set on Reddit’s end.

  • message – The associated message for the error.

  • field – The input field associated with the error, if available.

property error_message

Get the completed error message string.

exception praw.exceptions.TooLargeMediaException(maximum_size: int, actual: int)

Indicate exceptions from uploading media that’s too large.

__init__(maximum_size: int, actual: int)

Initialize a TooLargeMediaException.

Parameters

  • maximum_size – The maximum_size size of the uploaded media.

  • actual – The actual size of the uploaded media.

with_traceback()

Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.

exception praw.exceptions.WebSocketException(message: str, exception: Optional[Exception])

Indicate exceptions caused by use of WebSockets.

__init__(message: str, exception: Optional[Exception])

Initialize a WebSocketException.

Parameters

  • message – The exception message.

  • exception –

    The exception thrown by the websocket library.

    Note

    This parameter is deprecated. It will be removed in PRAW 8.0.

property original_exception

Access the original_exception attribute (now deprecated).

with_traceback()

Exception.with_traceback(tb) – set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.