Catch multiple exceptions in one line (except block)

Question

I know that I can do:

try:
    # do something that may fail
except:
    # do this if ANYTHING goes wrong

I can also do this:

Answer 1

If you frequently use a large number of exceptions, you can pre-define a tuple, so you don't have to re-type them many times.

#This example code is a technique I use in a library that connects with websites to gather data

ConnectErrs  = (URLError, SSLError, SocketTimeoutError, BadStatusLine, ConnectionResetError)

def connect(url, data):
    #do connection and return some data
    return(received_data)

def some_function(var_a, var_b, ...):
    try: o = connect(url, data)
    except ConnectErrs as e:
        #do the recovery stuff
    blah #do normal stuff you would do if no exception occurred

NOTES:

1. If you, also, need to catch other exceptions than those in the pre-defined tuple, you will need to define another except block.

2. If you just cannot tolerate a global variable, define it in main() and pass it around where needed...