GetMessages

Summary

Returns the geoprocessing messages from a tool by a specified severity level.

Syntax

GetMessages ({severity})

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
severity	Specifies the type of messages to be returned. 0 —Informative, warning, and error messages are returned. 1 —Only warning messages are returned. 2 —Only error messages are returned. Not specifying a severity level will return all types of messages. (The default value is 0)	Integer

Return Value

Data Type	Explanation
String	The geoprocessing tool messages, separated by a newline ('\n').

Code sample

GetMessages example

Returns the geoprocessing messages.

import arcpy

fc = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
arcpy.GetCount_management(fc)

# Print all of the geoprocessing messages returned by the
#  last tool (GetCount)
print(arcpy.GetMessages())