Improved Python exception handling

Author: Joel Collins

labthings/server/exceptions.py

@@ -24,14 +24,21 @@ def std_handler(self, error):
 
         status_code = error.code if isinstance(error, HTTPException) else 500
 
-        response = {"code": status_code, "message": escape(message)}
+        response = {
+            "code": status_code,
+            "message": escape(message),
+            "name": getattr(error, "__name__", None)
+            or getattr(getattr(error, "__class__", None), "__name__", None)
+            or None,
+        }
         return jsonify(response), status_code
 
     def init_app(self, app):
         self.app = app
         self.register(HTTPException)
         for code, v in default_exceptions.items():
             self.register(code)
+        self.register(Exception)
 
     def register(self, exception_or_code, handler=None):
         self.app.errorhandler(exception_or_code)(handler or self.std_handler)