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())