Python traceback Exception stack serialize as dictionary or list

Question

How to get the exception stack traceback.format_exc() as a List/Dictionary in order to then serialize it with json.dumps()?

Answer 1

Listing [Python.Docs]: traceback - Print or retrieve a stack traceback.

If my understanding is correct, you're after something like this:

>>> import os, traceback
>>>
>>> try: os.open()
... except: tb = traceback.format_exc()
... else: tb = None
...
>>> print(type(tb), tb)
<class 'str'> Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: open() missing required argument 'path' (pos 1)

>>> [i for i in x.split("\n") if i]
['Traceback (most recent call last):', '  File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>', "NameError: name 'os' is not defined"]

Once you have the exception traceback string, you can now manipulate it in any way you wish.