[formatter] improve error messages (#8369)

2025-10-11 11:52:08 +02:00
parent 3a35a4aee4
commit 11706d1e42
1 changed files with 9 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/gallery_dl/formatter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/formatter.py
@@ -40,7 +40,15 @@ def parse(format_string, default=NONE, fmt=format):
    else:
        cls = StringFormatter

-    formatter = _CACHE[key] = cls(format_string, default, fmt)
+    try:
+        formatter = _CACHE[key] = cls(format_string, default, fmt)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        import logging
+        logging.getLogger("formatter").error(
+            "Invalid format string '%s' (%s: %s)",
+            format_string, exc.__class__.__name__, exc)
+        raise
+
    return formatter