Configure Django to Email Error Logs for Requests and Tasks

Without further ado, here is the monitoring effect: an email containing the request URL and full exception details is sent whenever an error occurs.

1. Monitor All Request Requests

Configure the email settings in settings.py so that error reports are sent to the addresses defined in ADMINS:

SERVER_EMAIL = '[email protected]'
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = '[email protected]'
ADMINS = (('receiver','[email protected]'),)
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.exmail.qq.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = '[email protected]'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '123456'
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'

2. Configure LOGGING

2.1 Set up the mail_admin handler

Define a handler that uses django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler to send emails for error‑level logs:

'handlers': {
    'mail_admin': {
        'level': 'ERROR',
        'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler',
        'include_html': False,
    }
}

2.2 Configure the django.request logger

Attach the mail_admin handler to the django.request logger so that any 5xx response triggers an email:

'loggers': {
    'django.request': {
        'handlers': ['default', 'mail_admin'],
        'propagate': True,
        'level': 'ERROR',
    }
}

3. Monitor Non‑Request Tasks

For background jobs such as scheduled tasks, create a decorator that catches exceptions and sends an email using a custom utils.send_exception_email function:

def decorator_error_monitor(title):
    def wrap(f):
        def wrapped_f(*args, **kwargs):
            try:
                result = f(*args, **kwargs)
                return result
            except:
                exc = traceback.format_exc()
                utils.send_exception_email(email_list, title, exc)
                raise Exception(exc)
        return wrapped_f
    return wrap

Apply the decorator to any function you want to monitor:

@decorator_error_monitor("Settlement Error")
def do_settlement(users):
    for user in users:
        process_settlement_for_one_user(user)

Conclusion

The presented monitoring methods are simple and effective, requiring no additional log‑monitoring system. They enable immediate detection of issues and provide detailed error logs to help quickly locate and resolve problems.