[Python] How to retrive PyObject_Call exception as C string?

I'm trying to debug why a call to a Python object isn't working on one environment. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to get the error back somewhere I can see it.

I tried PyErr_PrintEx(), but it just vanishes into the void. So, I'm trying to retrieve it more manually.

Here's what I have so far:

PyObject* mod = PyImport_ImportModule("myModule");
PyObject* dict = PyModule_GetDict(mod);
// (Some args are initialized before this point, please ignore)
PyObject* mainWindow = PyDict_GetItemString(dict, "MainWindow");
PyObject* myObject = PyObject_Call(mainWindow, args, NULL);

if (!myObject )
{
if (PyErr_Occurred())
{
// Try to get the error as a C string
PyObject *type, *value, *traceback;
PyErr_Fetch(&type, &value, &traceback);
PyErr_NormalizeException(&type, &value, &traceback);
// This should turn 'value' into a python exception object?
PyObject *errStr = PyObject_Str(value);
char *pStrErrorMessage = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(errStr);
std::string errString(pStrErrorMessage);
}
}


This does return a string, but it's a single word and I'd assume something went wrong with formatting/concatonating it all together and the rest is missing.

How do I properly get the python exception inside C/C++? (Boost unavailable)

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