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Python Practice Creating and Using Functions in Python Practice Functions Use an External Function

Posted by Kushagra Shukla
Kushagra Shukla
Courses Plus Student 411 Points

practice creating and using functions in python

What is wrong with this code?

using_a_function.py 
"""
This is importing a function named `tweet` from a file
    that we unfortunately don't have access to change.

You use it like so:
>>> tweet("Hello this is my tweet")

If the function cannot connect to Twitter,
    the function will raise a `CommunicationError`
If the message is too long,
    the function will raise a `MessageTooLongError`
"""
from twitter import (
    tweet,
    MessageTooLongError,
    CommunicationError,
)


message = input("What would you like to tweet?  ")
try:
    tweet(message)
except CommunicationError:
    print("An error occurred attempting to connect to Twitter. Please try again!")
except MessageTooLongError:
    print("Oh no! Your message was too long (...)")

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

For task 3 you need to print the exception text in place of the three dots. Here is an abbreviated example from the Python docs

except OSError as err:
    print("OS error: {0}".format(err))

or an alternative from Stack Overflow

except Exception as e:
    logger.error('Failed to upload to ftp: '+ str(e))