1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ms/command-executor/src/main/python/cds_utils/payload_coder.py b/ms/command-executor/src/main/python/cds_utils/payload_coder.py
index 951262172..eccd419d4 100644
--- a/ms/command-executor/src/main/python/cds_utils/payload_coder.py
+++ b/ms/command-executor/src/main/python/cds_utils/payload_coder.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import json
 from email.mime import multipart
 from email.mime import text
 import email.parser
+import sys
+
 
 def send_response_data_payload(json_payload):
     m = multipart.MIMEMultipart("form-data")
@@ -10,4 +12,17 @@ def send_response_data_payload(json_payload):
     m.attach(data)
     print("BEGIN_EXTRA_PAYLOAD")
     print(m.as_string())
-    print("END_EXTRA_PAYLOAD")
-\ No newline at end of file
+    print("END_EXTRA_PAYLOAD")
+
+
+def send_response_err_msg(ret_err_msg):
+    print("BEGIN_EXTRA_RET_ERR_MSG")
+    print(ret_err_msg)
+    print("END_EXTRA_RET_ERR_MSG")
+
+
+def send_response_err_msg_and_exit(ret_err_msg, code=1):
+    print("BEGIN_EXTRA_RET_ERR_MSG")
+    print(ret_err_msg)
+    print("END_EXTRA_RET_ERR_MSG")
+    sys.exit(code)