1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/swiftclient/utils.py b/swiftclient/utils.py
index 8edfcfa..6ff6259 100644
--- a/swiftclient/utils.py
+++ b/swiftclient/utils.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ import hashlib
 import hmac
 import json
 import logging
-import time
-
 import six
+import time
+import traceback
 
 TRUE_VALUES = set(('true', '1', 'yes', 'on', 't', 'y'))
 EMPTY_ETAG = 'd41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e'
@@ -119,6 +119,20 @@ def parse_api_response(headers, body):
     return json.loads(body.decode(charset))
 
 
+def report_traceback():
+    """
+    Reports a timestamp and full traceback for a given exception.
+
+    :return: Full traceback and timestamp.
+    """
+    try:
+        formatted_lines = traceback.format_exc()
+        now = time.time()
+        return formatted_lines, now
+    except AttributeError:
+        return None, None
+
+
 class NoopMD5(object):
     def __init__(self, *a, **kw):
         pass