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This will link to ``admin.index`` for instance in case the current request
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This will link to ``admin.index`` for instance in case the current request
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was dispatched to any other admin blueprint endpoint.
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was dispatched to any other admin blueprint endpoint.
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.. _my-blueprint-error-label:
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Blueprint Error Handlers
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Blueprints support the ``errorhandler`` decorator just like the :class:`Flask`
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Blueprints support the ``errorhandler`` decorator just like the :class:`Flask`
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application object, so it is easy to make Blueprint-specific custom error
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application object, so it is easy to make Blueprint-specific custom error
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But there is more you can do, and we will cover some better setups to deal
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But there is more you can do, and we will cover some better setups to deal
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with errors including custom exceptions and 3rd party tools.
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with errors including custom exceptions and 3rd party tools.
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.. _common-error-codes:
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Common Error Codes
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Common Error Codes
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The following error codes are some that are often displayed to the user,
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The following error codes are some that are often displayed to the user,
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even if the application behaves correctly:
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even if the application behaves correctly:
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A terribly good idea is to have a nice page there, because your
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A terribly good idea is to have a nice page there, because your
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application *will* fail sooner or later.
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application *will* fail sooner or later.
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Error Logging Tools
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Sending error mails, even if just for critical ones, can become
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overwhelming if enough users are hitting the error and log files are
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typically never looked at. This is why we recommend using `Sentry
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<https://sentry.io/>`_ for dealing with application errors. It's
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available as an Open Source project `on GitHub
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<https://github.com/getsentry/sentry>`_ and is also available as a `hosted version
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<https://sentry.io/signup/>`_ which you can try for free. Sentry
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aggregates duplicate errors, captures the full stack trace and local
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variables for debugging, and sends you mails based on new errors or
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frequency thresholds.
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Default Error Handling
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To use Sentry you need to install the `sentry-sdk` client with extra `flask` dependencies::
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$ pip install sentry-sdk[flask]
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And then add this to your Flask app::
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import sentry_sdk
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from sentry_sdk.integrations.flask import FlaskIntegration
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sentry_sdk.init('YOUR_DSN_HERE',integrations=[FlaskIntegration()])
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The `YOUR_DSN_HERE` value needs to be replaced with the DSN value you get
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from your Sentry installation.
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After installation, failures leading to an Internal Server Error
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are automatically reported to Sentry and from there you can
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receive error notifications.
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Follow-up reads:
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* Sentry also supports catching errors from your worker queue (RQ, Celery) in a
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similar fashion. See the `Python SDK docs
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<https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/python/>`_ for more information.
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* `Getting started with Sentry <https://docs.sentry.io/quickstart/?platform=python>`_
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* `Flask-specific documentation <https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/python/flask/>`_.
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.. _error-handlers:
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Error Handlers
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You might want to show custom error pages to the user when an error occurs.
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This can be done by registering error handlers.
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An error handler is a function that returns a response when a type of error is
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raised, similar to how a view is a function that returns a response when a
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request URL is matched. It is passed the instance of the error being handled,
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which is most likely a :exc:`~werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException`.
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The status code of the response will not be set to the handler's code. Make
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sure to provide the appropriate HTTP status code when returning a response from
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a handler.
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Registering
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```````````
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Register handlers by decorating a function with
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:meth:`~flask.Flask.errorhandler`. Or use
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:meth:`~flask.Flask.register_error_handler` to register the function later.
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Remember to set the error code when returning the response. ::
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@app.errorhandler(werkzeug.exceptions.BadRequest)
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def handle_bad_request(e):
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app.register_error_handler(400, handle_bad_request)
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:exc:`werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException` subclasses like
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:exc:`~werkzeug.exceptions.BadRequest` and their HTTP codes are interchangeable
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when registering handlers. (``BadRequest.code == 400``)
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Non-standard HTTP codes cannot be registered by code because they are not known
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by Werkzeug. Instead, define a subclass of
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:class:`~werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException` with the appropriate code and
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register and raise that exception class. ::
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class InsufficientStorage(werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException):
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code = 507
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description = 'Not enough storage space.'
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app.register_error_handler(InsufficientStorage, handle_507)
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raise InsufficientStorage()
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Handlers can be registered for any exception class, not just
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:exc:`~werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException` subclasses or HTTP status
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codes. Handlers can be registered for a specific class, or for all subclasses
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Handling
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When building a Flask application you *will* run into exceptions. If some part
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When building a Flask application you *will* run into exceptions. If some part
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of your code breaks while handling a request (and you have no error handlers
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of your code breaks while handling a request (and you have no error handlers
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registered) an "500 Internal Server Error"
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registered), a "500 Internal Server Error"
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(:exc:`~werkzeug.exceptions.InternalServerError`) will be returned by default.
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(:exc:`~werkzeug.exceptions.InternalServerError`) will be returned by default.
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Similarly, if a request is sent to an unregistered route a "404 Not Found"
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Similarly, "404 Not Found"
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(:exc:`~werkzeug.exceptions.NotFound`) error will occur. If a route receives an
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(:exc:`~werkzeug.exceptions.NotFound`) error will occur if a request is sent to an unregistered route.
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unallowed request method a "405 Method Not Allowed"
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If a route receives an unallowed request method, a "405 Method Not Allowed"
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(:exc:`~werkzeug.exceptions.MethodNotAllowed`) will be raised. These are all
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(:exc:`~werkzeug.exceptions.MethodNotAllowed`) will be raised. These are all
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subclasses of :class:`~werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException` and are provided by
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subclasses of :class:`~werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException` and are provided by
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default in Flask.
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default in Flask.
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Flask gives you to the ability to raise any HTTP exception registered by
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Flask gives you to the ability to raise any HTTP exception registered by
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werkzeug. However, as the default HTTP exceptions return simple exception
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Werkzeug. However, the default HTTP exceptions return simple exception
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pages, Flask also offers the opportunity to customise these HTTP exceptions via
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pages. You might want to show custom error pages to the user when an error occurs.
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custom error handlers as well as to add exception handlers for builtin and
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This can be done by registering error handlers.
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custom exceptions.
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When an exception is caught by Flask while handling a request, it is first
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When Flask catches an exception while handling a request, it is first looked up by code.
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looked up by code. If no handler is registered for the code, it is looked up
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If no handler is registered for the code, Flask looks up the error by its class hierarchy; the most specific handler is chosen.
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by its class hierarchy; the most specific handler is chosen. If no handler is
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If no handler is registered, :class:`~werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException` subclasses show a
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registered, :class:`~werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException` subclasses show a
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generic message about their code, while other exceptions are converted to a
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generic message about their code, while other exceptions are converted to a
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generic "500 Internal Server Error".
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# similarly with a werkzeug exception
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app.register_error_handler(InternalServerError, handle_internal_server_error)
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debug mode. Instead, the interactive debugger will be shown.
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this will be invoked. As of Flask 1.1.0, this error handler will always
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be passed an instance of ``InternalServerError``, not the original
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unhandled error. The original error is available as ``e.original_exception``.
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Until Werkzeug 1.0.0, this attribute will only exist during unhandled
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errors, use ``getattr`` to get access it for compatibility.
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@app.errorhandler(InternalServerError)
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def handle_500(e):
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original = getattr(e, "original_exception", None)
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if original is None:
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# direct 500 error, such as abort(500)
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return render_template("500.html"), 500
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# wrapped unhandled error
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You can create your own custom exceptions by subclassing
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:exc:`werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException`. As shown above, integer HTTP codes
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are interchangable when registering handlers. (``BadRequest.code == 400``)
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Non-standard HTTP codes cannot be registered by code because they are not known
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by Werkzeug. Instead, define a subclass of
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:class:`~werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException` with the appropriate code and
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register and raise that exception class:
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.. code-block:: python
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class InsufficientStorage(werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException):
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code = 507
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description = 'Not enough storage space.'
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def handle_507(e):
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return 'Not enough storage space!', 507
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app.register_error_handler(InsufficientStorage, handle_507)
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# during an request
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raise InsufficientStorage()
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Handlers can be registered for any exception class that inherits from Exception.
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Unhandled Exceptions
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--------------------
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If an exception is raised in the code while Flask is handling a request and
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there is no error handler registered for that exception, a "500 Internal Server
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Error" will be returned instead. See :meth:`flask.Flask.handle_exception` for
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information about this behavior.
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Custom error pages
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------------------
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The above examples wouldn't actually be an improvement on the default
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The above examples wouldn't actually be an improvement on the default
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exception pages. We can create a custom 500.html template like this:
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exception pages. We can create a custom 500.html template like this:
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@ -291,7 +386,7 @@ It can be implemented by rendering the template on "500 Internal Server Error":
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return render_template('500.html'), 500
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return render_template('500.html'), 500
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When using the :doc:`/patterns/appfactories`:
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When using :doc:`/patterns/appfactories`:
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.. code-block:: python
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.. code-block:: python
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@ -323,15 +418,18 @@ When using :doc:`/blueprints`:
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# or with register_error_handler
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# or with register_error_handler
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blog.register_error_handler(500, internal_server_error)
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blog.register_error_handler(500, internal_server_error)
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````````````````````````
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In blueprints, error handlers will work as expected. However, there is a caveat
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In blueprints errorhandlers will simply work as expected; however, there is a caveat
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concerning handlers for 404 and 405 exceptions. These error handlers are only
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concerning handlers for 404 and 405 exceptions. These errorhandlers are only
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invoked from an appropriate ``raise`` statement or a call to ``abort`` in another
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invoked from an appropriate ``raise`` statement or a call to ``abort`` in another
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of the blueprint's view functions; they are not invoked by, e.g., an invalid URL
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of the blueprint's view functions; they are not invoked by, e.g., an invalid URL
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access. This is because the blueprint does not "own" a certain URL space, so
|
access.
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This is because the blueprint does not "own" a certain URL space, so
|
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the application instance has no way of knowing which blueprint error handler it
|
the application instance has no way of knowing which blueprint error handler it
|
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should run if given an invalid URL. If you would like to execute different
|
should run if given an invalid URL. If you would like to execute different
|
||||||
handling strategies for these errors based on URL prefixes, they may be defined
|
handling strategies for these errors based on URL prefixes, they may be defined
|
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at the application level using the ``request`` proxy object:
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at the application level using the ``request`` proxy object:
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|
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@ -364,20 +462,18 @@ at the application level using the ``request`` proxy object:
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More information on error handling with blueprint can be found in
|
For more information on Blueprint Error Handling see :ref:`my-blueprint-error-label`.
|
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:doc:`/blueprints`.
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|
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Returning API errors as JSON
|
Returning API errors as JSON
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````````````````````````````
|
````````````````````````````
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|
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When building APIs in Flask, some developers realise that the builtin
|
When building APIs in Flask, some developers realise that the built-in
|
||||||
exceptions are not expressive enough for APIs and that the content type of
|
exceptions are not expressive enough for APIs and that the content type of
|
||||||
:mimetype:`text/html` they are emitting is not very useful for API consumers.
|
:mimetype:`text/html` they are emitting is not very useful for API consumers.
|
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|
|
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Using the same techniques as above and :func:`~flask.json.jsonify` we can return JSON
|
Using the same techniques as above and :func:`~flask.json.jsonify` we can return JSON
|
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responses to API errors. :func:`~flask.abort` is called
|
responses to API errors. :func:`~flask.abort` is called
|
||||||
with a ``description`` parameter. The errorhandler will
|
with a ``description`` parameter. The error handler will
|
||||||
use that as the JSON error message, and set the status code to 404.
|
use that as the JSON error message, and set the status code to 404.
|
||||||
|
|
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.. code-block:: python
|
.. code-block:: python
|
||||||
|
|
@ -397,10 +493,8 @@ use that as the JSON error message, and set the status code to 404.
|
||||||
|
|
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return jsonify(resource)
|
return jsonify(resource)
|
||||||
|
|
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|
We can also create custom exception classes. For instance, we can
|
||||||
|
introduce a new custom exception for an API that can take a proper human readable message,
|
||||||
We can also create custom exception classes; for instance, for an API we can
|
|
||||||
introduce a new custom exception that can take a proper human readable message,
|
|
||||||
a status code for the error and some optional payload to give more context
|
a status code for the error and some optional payload to give more context
|
||||||
for the error.
|
for the error.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
@ -444,118 +538,23 @@ This is a simple example:
|
||||||
return jsonify(user.to_dict())
|
return jsonify(user.to_dict())
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
A view can now raise that exception with an error message. Additionally
|
A view can now raise that exception with an error message. Additionally
|
||||||
some extra payload can be provided as a dictionary through the `payload`
|
some extra payload can be provided as a dictionary through the `payload`
|
||||||
parameter.
|
parameter.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
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Generic Exception Handlers
|
|
||||||
``````````````````````````
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
It is possible to register error handlers for very generic base classes
|
|
||||||
such as ``HTTPException`` or even ``Exception``. However, be aware that
|
|
||||||
these will catch more than you might expect.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
An error handler for ``HTTPException`` might be useful for turning
|
|
||||||
the default HTML errors pages into JSON, for example. However, this
|
|
||||||
handler will trigger for things you don't cause directly, such as 404
|
|
||||||
and 405 errors during routing. Be sure to craft your handler carefully
|
|
||||||
so you don't lose information about the HTTP error.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
.. code-block:: python
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
from flask import json
|
|
||||||
from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
@app.errorhandler(HTTPException)
|
|
||||||
def handle_exception(e):
|
|
||||||
"""Return JSON instead of HTML for HTTP errors."""
|
|
||||||
# start with the correct headers and status code from the error
|
|
||||||
response = e.get_response()
|
|
||||||
# replace the body with JSON
|
|
||||||
response.data = json.dumps({
|
|
||||||
"code": e.code,
|
|
||||||
"name": e.name,
|
|
||||||
"description": e.description,
|
|
||||||
})
|
|
||||||
response.content_type = "application/json"
|
|
||||||
return response
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# or using jsonify
|
|
||||||
@app.errorhandler(HTTPException)
|
|
||||||
def handle_exception(e):
|
|
||||||
return jsonify("code": e.code, "name": e.name, "description": e.description), e.code
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
An error handler for ``Exception`` might seem useful for changing how
|
|
||||||
all errors, even unhandled ones, are presented to the user. However,
|
|
||||||
this is similar to doing ``except Exception:`` in Python, it will
|
|
||||||
capture *all* otherwise unhandled errors, including all HTTP status
|
|
||||||
codes. In most cases it will be safer to register handlers for more
|
|
||||||
specific exceptions. Since ``HTTPException`` instances are valid WSGI
|
|
||||||
responses, you could also pass them through directly.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
.. code-block:: python
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
@app.errorhandler(Exception)
|
|
||||||
def handle_exception(e):
|
|
||||||
# pass through HTTP errors
|
|
||||||
if isinstance(e, HTTPException):
|
|
||||||
return e
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
# now you're handling non-HTTP exceptions only
|
|
||||||
return render_template("500_generic.html", e=e), 500
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Error handlers still respect the exception class hierarchy. If you
|
|
||||||
register handlers for both ``HTTPException`` and ``Exception``, the
|
|
||||||
``Exception`` handler will not handle ``HTTPException`` subclasses
|
|
||||||
because it the ``HTTPException`` handler is more specific.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Generic Error Pages
|
|
||||||
-------------------
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
If we pass in the exception into a template as below:
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
.. code-block:: python
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
@app.errorhandler(HTTPException)
|
|
||||||
def handle_exception(e):
|
|
||||||
return render_template("exception.html", e=e), e.code
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
.. sourcecode:: html+jinja
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
{% extends "layout.html" %}
|
|
||||||
{% block title %}{{ e.name }}{% endblock %}
|
|
||||||
{% block body %}
|
|
||||||
<h1>{{ e.code }} {{ e.name }}</h1>
|
|
||||||
<p>{{ e.description }}</p>
|
|
||||||
<p><a href="{{ url_for('index') }}">Go home</a>
|
|
||||||
{% endblock %}
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Debugging Application Errors
|
|
||||||
````````````````````````````
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
For production applications, configure your application with logging and
|
|
||||||
notifications as described in :doc:`/logging`. This section provides
|
|
||||||
pointers when debugging deployment configuration and digging deeper with a
|
|
||||||
full-featured Python debugger.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Logging
|
Logging
|
||||||
-------
|
-------
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
See :doc:`/logging` for information on how to log exceptions, such as by
|
See :doc:`/logging` for information on how to log exceptions, such as by
|
||||||
emailing them to admins.
|
emailing them to admins.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Debugging Application Errors
|
||||||
|
============================
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
For production applications, configure your application with logging and
|
||||||
|
notifications as described in :doc:`/logging`. This section provides
|
||||||
|
pointers when debugging deployment configuration and digging deeper with a
|
||||||
|
full-featured Python debugger.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
When in Doubt, Run Manually
|
When in Doubt, Run Manually
|
||||||
---------------------------
|
---------------------------
|
||||||
|
|
@ -608,47 +607,3 @@ you could have something like::
|
||||||
use_debugger = app.debug and not(app.config.get('DEBUG_WITH_APTANA'))
|
use_debugger = app.debug and not(app.config.get('DEBUG_WITH_APTANA'))
|
||||||
app.run(use_debugger=use_debugger, debug=app.debug,
|
app.run(use_debugger=use_debugger, debug=app.debug,
|
||||||
use_reloader=use_debugger, host='0.0.0.0')
|
use_reloader=use_debugger, host='0.0.0.0')
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
.. _error-logging-tools:
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Error Logging Tools
|
|
||||||
-------------------
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Sending error mails, even if just for critical ones, can become
|
|
||||||
overwhelming if enough users are hitting the error and log files are
|
|
||||||
typically never looked at. This is why we recommend using `Sentry
|
|
||||||
<https://sentry.io/>`_ for dealing with application errors. It's
|
|
||||||
available as an Open Source project `on GitHub
|
|
||||||
<https://github.com/getsentry/sentry>`_ and is also available as a `hosted version
|
|
||||||
<https://sentry.io/signup/>`_ which you can try for free. Sentry
|
|
||||||
aggregates duplicate errors, captures the full stack trace and local
|
|
||||||
variables for debugging, and sends you mails based on new errors or
|
|
||||||
frequency thresholds.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
To use Sentry you need to install the `sentry-sdk` client with extra `flask` dependencies::
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
$ pip install sentry-sdk[flask]
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
And then add this to your Flask app::
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
import sentry_sdk
|
|
||||||
from sentry_sdk.integrations.flask import FlaskIntegration
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
sentry_sdk.init('YOUR_DSN_HERE',integrations=[FlaskIntegration()])
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
The `YOUR_DSN_HERE` value needs to be replaced with the DSN value you get
|
|
||||||
from your Sentry installation.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
After installation, failures leading to an Internal Server Error
|
|
||||||
are automatically reported to Sentry and from there you can
|
|
||||||
receive error notifications.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Follow-up reads:
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
* Sentry also supports catching errors from your worker queue (RQ, Celery) in a
|
|
||||||
similar fashion. See the `Python SDK docs
|
|
||||||
<https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/python/>`_ for more information.
|
|
||||||
* `Getting started with Sentry <https://docs.sentry.io/quickstart/?platform=python>`_
|
|
||||||
* `Flask-specific documentation <https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/python/flask/>`_.
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
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