## Use `HTTPException` { #use-httpexception }

To return HTTP responses with errors to the client you use `HTTPException`.

### Import `HTTPException` { #import-httpexception }

{* ../../docs_src/handling_errors/tutorial001_py310.py hl[1] *}

### Raise an `HTTPException` in your code { #raise-an-httpexception-in-your-code }

from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, Header, HTTPException

app = FastAPI()


async def verify_token(x_token: str = Header()):
    if x_token != "fake-super-secret-token":
        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="X-Token header invalid")


async def verify_key(x_key: str = Header()):
    if x_key != "fake-super-secret-key":
        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="X-Key header invalid")
    return x_key

        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Invalid X-Token header")
    if item_id not in fake_db:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Item not found")
    return fake_db[item_id]


@app.post("/items/")
async def create_item(item: Item, x_token: Annotated[str, Header()]) -> Item:
    if x_token != fake_secret_token:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Invalid X-Token header")

    if item_id not in fake_items_db:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Item not found")
    return {"name": fake_items_db[item_id]["name"], "item_id": item_id}


@router.put(
    "/{item_id}",
    tags=["custom"],
    responses={403: {"description": "Operation forbidden"}},
)
async def update_item(item_id: str):
    if item_id != "plumbus":
        raise HTTPException(

    except HTTPException:
        state["except"] = True
        raise
    finally:
        state["finally"] = True


@app.put("/invalid-user/{user_id}")
def put_invalid_user(
    user_id: str, name: str = Body(), db: dict = Depends(get_database)
):
    db[user_id] = name
    raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Invalid user")


@app.put("/user/{user_id}")

    if x_token != fake_secret_token:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Invalid X-Token header")
    if item_id not in fake_db:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Item not found")
    return fake_db[item_id]


@app.post("/items/")
async def create_item(item: Item, x_token: str = Header()) -> Item:
    if x_token != fake_secret_token:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Invalid X-Token header")

from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, Header, HTTPException


async def verify_token(x_token: Annotated[str, Header()]):
    if x_token != "fake-super-secret-token":
        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="X-Token header invalid")


async def verify_key(x_key: Annotated[str, Header()]):
    if x_key != "fake-super-secret-key":
        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="X-Key header invalid")
    return x_key

    if not user:
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
            detail="Not authenticated",
            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
        )
    return user


async def get_current_active_user(
    current_user: Annotated[User, Depends(get_current_user)],
):
    if current_user.disabled:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Inactive user")

from collections.abc import Callable

from fastapi import Body, FastAPI, HTTPException, Request, Response
from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError
from fastapi.routing import APIRoute


class ValidationErrorLoggingRoute(APIRoute):
    def get_route_handler(self) -> Callable:
        original_route_handler = super().get_route_handler()

        async def custom_route_handler(request: Request) -> Response:
            try:

from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
from inline_snapshot import snapshot
from starlette.exceptions import HTTPException as StarletteHTTPException

app = FastAPI()

items = {"foo": "The Foo Wrestlers"}


@app.get("/items/{item_id}")
async def read_item(item_id: str):
    if item_id not in items:
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=404,
            detail="Item not found",