How to see python script errors being run from rsyslog action - python-3.x

Question

This is my action in rsyslog.conf:
module(load="omprog")
if( $msg contains "UPDOWN") then {
action(type="omprog" binary="/etc/rsyslog.d/netmiko.py" template="RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat")
}
This is the python script I am working on:
pattern = re.compile('GigabitEthernet0\/\d{1,2}')
def process_line(line):
state = ''
if 'to up' in line:
state = f'UP\n'
elif 'to down' in line:
state = f'DOWN\n'
file = open("/home/blinky/python.log","a")
result = re.findall(pattern, line)
if len(result) > 0:
file.write(f'{result} - {state}')
file.close()
try:
msg = sys.stdin.readline()
file = open("/home/blinky/python.log","a")
file.write(line)
file.close()
process_line(msg)
except Exception as e:
file = open("/etc/rsyslog.d/python_error.log","a")
file.write(e)
file.close()
So the issue I have is trying to debug the python script, I can not see any of the errors it produces, as you can see I am trying to output the exception to a file but I get nothing there either. I have looked in the log file and this is the response I get from doing a shut no shut on the switch port:
Nov 20 21:50:39 10.0.0.254 1281: Nov 20 21:50:38.013: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface GigabitEthernet0/14, changed state to administratively down
Nov 20 21:50:39 10.0.0.254 1282: Nov 20 21:50:39.013: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0/14, changed state to down
Nov 20 21:50:39 repperio rsyslogd: omprog: program '/etc/rsyslog.d/netmiko.py' (pid 2006160) terminated; will be restarted [v8.2112.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2119 ]
Nov 20 21:50:39 repperio rsyslogd: action 'action-1-omprog' suspended (module 'omprog'), retry 0. There should be messages before this one giving the reason for suspension. [v8.2112.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2007 ]
Nov 20 21:50:40 repperio rsyslogd: action 'action-1-omprog' resumed (module 'omprog') [v8.2112.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2359 ]
Nov 20 21:50:43 10.0.0.254 1283: Nov 20 21:50:42.756: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet0/14, changed state to up
Nov 20 21:50:43 10.0.0.254 1284: Nov 20 21:50:43.756: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0/14, changed state to up
Nov 20 21:50:43 repperio rsyslogd: child process (pid 2006317) exited with status 1 [v8.2112.0]
Nov 20 21:50:43 repperio rsyslogd: omprog: program '/etc/rsyslog.d/netmiko.py' (pid 2006317) terminated; will be restarted [v8.2112.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2119 ]
Nov 20 21:50:43 repperio rsyslogd: action 'action-1-omprog' suspended (module 'omprog'), retry 0. There should be messages before this one giving the reason for suspension. [v8.2112.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2007 ]
Nov 20 21:50:44 repperio rsyslogd: action 'action-1-omprog' resumed (module 'omprog') [v8.2112.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2359 ]
The script monitors the Cisco switch for interfaces going up and down and triggers the python script, this in turn will alter the configuration of the switch port using Netmiko. Without the ability to debug the python script I am scuppered, any ideas?