Exceptions

HTTPError

The exception to end the request handling and return an JSON error response.

Examples:

from apiflask import APIFlask, HTTPError
from flask import escape

app = APIFlask(__name__)

@app.get('/<name>')
def hello(name):
    if name == 'Foo':
        raise HTTPError(404, 'This man is missing.')
    return f'Hello, escape{name}'!

__init__(self, status_code, message=None, detail=None, headers=None) special

Initialize the error response.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
status_code	int	The status code of the error (4XX and 5xx).	required
message	Optional[str]	The simple description of the error. If not provided, the reason phrase of the status code will be used.	None
detail	Optional[Any]	The detailed information of the error, you can use it to provide the addition information such as custom error code, documentation URL, etc.	None
headers	Optional[Mapping[str, str]]	A dict of headers used in the error response.	None

Version changed: 0.9.0

• Set detail and headers to empty dict if not set.

Source code in apiflask/exceptions.py

def __init__(
    self,
    status_code: int,
    message: t.Optional[str] = None,
    detail: t.Optional[t.Any] = None,
    headers: t.Optional[t.Mapping[str, str]] = None
) -> None:
    """Initialize the error response.

    Arguments:
        status_code: The status code of the error (4XX and 5xx).
        message: The simple description of the error. If not provided,
            the reason phrase of the status code will be used.
        detail: The detailed information of the error, you can use it to
            provide the addition information such as custom error code,
            documentation URL, etc.
        headers: A dict of headers used in the error response.

    *Version changed: 0.9.0*

    - Set `detail` and `headers` to empty dict if not set.
    """
    super().__init__()
    if status_code not in default_exceptions:
        raise LookupError(
            f'No exception for status code "{status_code}",'
            ' valid error status code are "4XX" and "5XX".'
        )
    self.status_code = status_code
    self.detail = detail or {}
    self.headers = headers or {}
    self.message = get_reason_phrase(status_code, 'Unknown error') \
        if message is None else message

abort(status_code, message=None, detail=None, headers=None)

A function to raise HTTPError exception.

Similar to Flask's abort, but returns a JSON response.

Examples:

from apiflask import APIFlask, abort
from flask import escape

app = APIFlask(__name__)

@app.get('/<name>')
def hello(name):
    if name == 'Foo':
        abort(404, 'This man is missing.')
    return f'Hello, escape{name}'!

P.S. When app.json_errors is True (default), Flask's flask.abort will also return JSON error response.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
status_code	int	The status code of the error (4XX and 5xx).	required
message	Optional[str]	The simple description of the error. If not provided, the reason phrase of the status code will be used.	None
detail	Optional[Any]	The detailed information of the error, you can use it to provide the addition information such as custom error code, documentation URL, etc.	None
headers	Optional[Mapping[str, str]]	A dict of headers used in the error response.	None

Version changed: 0.4.0

• Rename the function name from abort_json to abort.

Source code in apiflask/exceptions.py

def abort(
    status_code: int,
    message: t.Optional[str] = None,
    detail: t.Optional[t.Any] = None,
    headers: t.Optional[t.Mapping[str, str]] = None
) -> None:
    """A function to raise HTTPError exception.

    Similar to Flask's `abort`, but returns a JSON response.

    Examples:

    ```python
    from apiflask import APIFlask, abort
    from flask import escape

    app = APIFlask(__name__)

    @app.get('/<name>')
    def hello(name):
        if name == 'Foo':
            abort(404, 'This man is missing.')
        return f'Hello, escape{name}'!
    ```

    P.S. When `app.json_errors` is `True` (default), Flask's `flask.abort` will also
    return JSON error response.

    Arguments:
        status_code: The status code of the error (4XX and 5xx).
        message: The simple description of the error. If not provided,
            the reason phrase of the status code will be used.
        detail: The detailed information of the error, you can use it to
            provide the addition information such as custom error code,
            documentation URL, etc.
        headers: A dict of headers used in the error response.

    *Version changed: 0.4.0*

    - Rename the function name from `abort_json` to `abort`.
    """
    raise HTTPError(status_code, message, detail, headers)