# contextlib.suppress .. how..?

have I missed this? New in version Python 3.4..

Today I needed to retrieve a long-winded chat history from our corporate Teams .. thingie. Naturally, I fired up [m365](https://pnp.github.io/cli-microsoft365/) and pulled a `json` from the server.

While parsing the `json` I got more than a couple of `TypeError` and `KeyError`...errors which I squashed with a `try-except`. All of a sudden I heard [Raymond Hettinger](https://github.com/rhettinger) whispering in my ear .. **"there has to be a better way!" -** and lo and behold. Raymond was right!!

```python
from contextlib import suppress
import json

with open("exportedchat.json", "r") as innfile, suppress(TypeError), suppress(KeyError):
    doc = json.loads(fp)
    for chatline in doc:
        print(chatline["from"]["user"]["displayName"])
```

This is so much cleaner than `try->except->pass`