Exceptions¶
Built-in Exceptions reference¶
Here’s a list of all exceptions included in Scrapy and their usage.
DropItem¶
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exception
scrapy.exceptions.
DropItem
¶
The exception that must be raised by item pipeline stages to stop processing an Item. For more information see Item Pipeline.
CloseSpider¶
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exception
scrapy.exceptions.
CloseSpider
(reason='cancelled')¶ This exception can be raised from a spider callback to request the spider to be closed/stopped. Supported arguments:
Parameters: reason (str) – the reason for closing
For example:
def parse_page(self, response):
if 'Bandwidth exceeded' in response.body:
raise CloseSpider('bandwidth_exceeded')
IgnoreRequest¶
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exception
scrapy.exceptions.
IgnoreRequest
¶
This exception can be raised by the Scheduler or any downloader middleware to indicate that the request should be ignored.
NotConfigured¶
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exception
scrapy.exceptions.
NotConfigured
¶
This exception can be raised by some components to indicate that they will remain disabled. Those components include:
- Extensions
- Item pipelines
- Downloader middlewares
- Spider middlewares
The exception must be raised in the component’s __init__
method.