Use hasattr()
hasattr(object, name)
#The arguments are an object and a string.
#The result is True if the string is the name of one of the
#object’s attributes, False if not.
#(This is implemented by calling getattr(object, name) and
#seeing whether it raises an AttributeError or not.)
Docs: https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#hasattr
try:
doStuff(a.property)
except AttributeError:
otherStuff()
if hasattr(a, 'property'):
doStuff(a.property)
else:
otherStuff()
assert hasattr(a, 'property'), 'object lacks property'
print(a.property)
getattr(a, 'property', 'default value')