Move rest_api_server_error() to utilities.api

netbox/utilities/api.py

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
+import platform
+import sys
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.urls import reverse
+from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.utils import formatting
 
 from netbox.api.exceptions import SerializerNotFound
@@ -50,3 +56,17 @@ def get_view_name(view, suffix=None):
         name += ' ' + suffix
 
     return name
+
+
+def rest_api_server_error(request, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Handle exceptions and return a useful error message for REST API requests.
+    """
+    type_, error, traceback = sys.exc_info()
+    data = {
+        'error': str(error),
+        'exception': type_.__name__,
+        'netbox_version': settings.VERSION,
+        'python_version': platform.python_version(),
+    }
+    return JsonResponse(data, status=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)