Replying to comment on https://realpython.com/python-exceptions/

try_except.py

 def try_except(arg_passed=None):                                                                                                                                                            
     if arg_passed is not None:                                                                                                                                                              
         try:                                                                                                                                                                                
             arg_passed['name'] # this will fail cause we passed in a string not a dict                                                                                                      
         except KeyError as e:                                                                                                                                                               
             print('First Except: No key named {} was found'.format(e)) # this should barf that the key doesnt exist in the dictionary                                                       
         except Exception as e:                                                                                                                                                              
             print('2nd Except: {}'.format(e)) # this is going to run when there isnt a keyerror and its something else                                                                      
         finally:                                                                                                                                                                            
             print('Finally: This prints when nothing else worked from above') # this should be your worst case scenario                                                                     
     else:                                                                                                                                                                                   
         print('Else: No arg was passed!') # you will get this error if nothing was passed in                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                             
 if __name__ == "__main__":                                                                                                                                                                  
     try_except() # fail and go to the else                                                                                                                                                  
     try_except(dict(foo="bar")) # fail goes to 1st except                                                                                                                                   
     try_except("foobar") # fail goes to 2nd except