GetSeverity

Summary

Gets the severity code (0, 1, 2) of the specified message by index.

Syntax

GetSeverity (index)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
index	Numeric index position of the message in the stack.	Integer

Return Value

Data Type	Explanation
Integer	Severity code of the message. 0 —message 1 —warning 2 —error

Code sample

GetSeverity example

Returns the severity code and message for each geoprocessing tool message.

import arcpy

in_featureclass = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
out_featureclass = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)

# Run the CopyFeatures tool. If it fails, print out the
# severity and message for each message.
try:
    arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(in_featureclass, out_featureclass)
except arcpy.ExecuteError:
    for i in xrange(0, arcpy.GetMessageCount()):
        print('{0}: {1}'.format(arcpy.GetSeverity(i),
                                arcpy.GetMessage(i)))