I would like to intercept a specific log coming from overpass api and perform a retry of the function. When using
import osmnx as ox
ox.settings.log_console = True
I see the messages i.e. :
2025-05-28 09:14:32 Resolved 'overpass-api.de' to '65.109.112.52'
2025-05-28 09:15:52 Downloaded 0.4kB from 'overpass-api.de' with status 200
2025-05-28 09:15:52 'overpass-api.de' remarked: 'runtime error: Query run out of memory using about 4838 MB of RAM.'
2025-05-28 09:15:52 Retrieved 0 elements from API in 1 request(s)
if the runtime error is present, I need to block the run and perform a retry of a function. is there a way to access this log console? This is not a return of a function of osmnx, but it is coming from the API and is a general setting. I could not find any example on the python library documentation.
Saving your log and fixing your memory issue can both be achieved by OSMnx's settings module.
how to access log messages when retrieve features
Use ox.settings.log_file to write the log to disk (and optionally read/process it further).
runtime error: Query run out of memory using about 4838 MB of RAM
Use ox.settings.overpass_memory to configure the server's memory allocation or ox.settings.max_query_area_size to subdivide large queries into smaller sub-queries for the server to handle it better.
If you are indeed getting 0 elements back from the API, you should receive an InsufficientResponseError, which you can catch/handle.