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"""HTTPError exception class."""
from __future__ import annotations
from typing import MutableMapping, Optional, Type, TYPE_CHECKING, Union
import xml.etree.ElementTree as et
from falcon.constants import MEDIA_JSON
from falcon.util import deprecation
from falcon.util import misc
from falcon.util import uri
if TYPE_CHECKING:
from falcon._typing import HeaderArg
from falcon._typing import Link
from falcon._typing import ResponseStatus
from falcon.media import BaseHandler
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class HTTPError(Exception):
"""Represents a generic HTTP error.
Raise an instance or subclass of ``HTTPError`` to have Falcon return
a formatted error response and an appropriate HTTP status code
to the client when something goes wrong. JSON and XML media types
are supported by default.
To customize the error presentation, implement a custom error
serializer and set it on the :class:`~.App` instance via
:meth:`~.App.set_error_serializer`.
To customize what data is passed to the serializer, subclass
``HTTPError`` and override the ``to_dict()`` method (``to_json()``
is implemented via ``to_dict()``).
`status` is the only positional argument allowed,
the other arguments are defined as keyword-only.
Args:
status (Union[str,int]): HTTP status code or line (e.g.,
``'400 Bad Request'``). This may be set to a member of
:class:`http.HTTPStatus`, an HTTP status line string or byte
string (e.g., ``'200 OK'``), or an ``int``.
Keyword Args:
title (str): Human-friendly error title. If not provided, defaults
to the HTTP status line as determined by the ``status`` argument.
description (str): Human-friendly description of the error, along with
a helpful suggestion or two (default ``None``).
headers (dict or list): A ``dict`` of header names and values
to set, or a ``list`` of (*name*, *value*) tuples. Both *name* and
*value* must be of type ``str`` or ``StringType``, and only
character values 0x00 through 0xFF may be used on platforms that
use wide characters.
Note:
The Content-Type header, if present, will be overridden. If
you wish to return custom error messages, you can create
your own HTTP error class, and install an error handler
to convert it into an appropriate HTTP response for the
client
Note:
Falcon can process a list of ``tuple`` slightly faster
than a ``dict``.
href (str): A URL someone can visit to find out more information
(default ``None``). Unicode characters are percent-encoded.
href_text (str): If href is given, use this as the friendly
title/description for the link (default 'App documentation
for this error').
code (int): An internal code that customers can reference in their
support request or to help them when searching for knowledge
base articles related to this error (default ``None``).
"""
__slots__ = (
'status',
'title',
'description',
'headers',
'link',
'code',
)
status: ResponseStatus
"""HTTP status code or line (e.g., ``'200 OK'``).
This may be set to a member of :class:`http.HTTPStatus`, an HTTP
status line string or byte string (e.g., ``'200 OK'``), or an ``int``.
"""
title: str
"""Error title to send to the client.
Derived from the ``status`` if not provided.
"""
description: Optional[str]
"""Description of the error to send to the client."""
headers: Optional[HeaderArg]
"""Extra headers to add to the response."""
link: Optional[Link]
"""An href that the client can provide to the user for getting help."""
code: Optional[int]
"""An internal application code that a user can reference when requesting
support for the error.
"""
def __init__(
self,
status: ResponseStatus,
*,
title: Optional[str] = None,
description: Optional[str] = None,
headers: Optional[HeaderArg] = None,
href: Optional[str] = None,
href_text: Optional[str] = None,
code: Optional[int] = None,
):
self.status = status
# TODO(kgriffs): HTTP/2 does away with the "reason phrase". Eventually
# we'll probably switch over to making everything code-based to more
# easily support HTTP/2. When that happens, should we continue to
# include the reason phrase in the title?
self.title = title or misc.code_to_http_status(status)
self.description = description
self.headers = headers
self.code = code
if href:
self.link = {
'text': href_text or 'Documentation related to this error',
'href': uri.encode(href),
'rel': 'help',
}
else:
self.link = None
def __repr__(self) -> str:
return '<%s: %s>' % (self.__class__.__name__, self.status)
__str__ = __repr__
@property
def status_code(self) -> int:
"""HTTP status code normalized from the ``status`` argument passed
to the initializer.
""" # noqa: D205
return misc.http_status_to_code(self.status)
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def to_dict(
self, obj_type: Type[MutableMapping[str, Union[str, int, None, Link]]] = dict
) -> MutableMapping[str, Union[str, int, None, Link]]:
"""Return a basic dictionary representing the error.
This method can be useful when serializing the error to hash-like
media types, such as YAML, JSON, and MessagePack.
Args:
obj_type: A dict-like type that will be used to store the
error information (default ``dict``).
Returns:
dict: A dictionary populated with the error's title,
description, etc.
"""
obj = obj_type()
obj['title'] = self.title
if self.description is not None:
obj['description'] = self.description
if self.code is not None:
obj['code'] = self.code
if self.link is not None:
obj['link'] = self.link
return obj
[docs]
def to_json(self, handler: Optional[BaseHandler] = None) -> bytes:
"""Return a JSON representation of the error.
Args:
handler: Handler object that will be used to serialize the representation
of this error to JSON. When not provided, a default handler using
the builtin JSON library will be used (default ``None``).
Returns:
bytes: A JSON document for the error.
"""
obj = self.to_dict()
if handler is None:
handler = _DEFAULT_JSON_HANDLER
# NOTE: the json handler requires the sync serialize interface
return handler.serialize(obj, MEDIA_JSON)
def _to_xml(self) -> bytes:
"""Return an XML-encoded representation of the error."""
error_element = et.Element('error')
et.SubElement(error_element, 'title').text = self.title
if self.description is not None:
et.SubElement(error_element, 'description').text = self.description
if self.code is not None:
et.SubElement(error_element, 'code').text = str(self.code)
if self.link is not None:
link_element = et.SubElement(error_element, 'link')
for key in ('text', 'href', 'rel'):
et.SubElement(link_element, key).text = self.link[key]
return b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' + et.tostring(
error_element, encoding='utf-8'
)
[docs]
@deprecation.deprecated(
'The internal error serialization to XML is deprecated. '
'Please serialize the output of to_dict() to XML instead.'
)
def to_xml(self) -> bytes:
"""Return an XML-encoded representation of the error.
Returns:
bytes: An XML document for the error.
.. deprecated:: 4.0
Automatic error serialization to XML is deprecated.
Please serialize the output of :meth:`to_dict` to XML instead.
"""
return self._to_xml()
# NOTE: initialized in falcon.media.json, that is always imported since Request/Response
# are imported by falcon init.
if TYPE_CHECKING:
_DEFAULT_JSON_HANDLER: BaseHandler
else:
_DEFAULT_JSON_HANDLER = None