Cheers, thanks all for the valuable suggestions. Much appreciated :) Hmm, plenty of options and lots to think about. Interesting to hear what others are doing regards this scenario :) Ok will soak up all the info and have a play around with suggestions. Thanks again :)
On Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:49:05 UTC, dcs3spp wrote: > > Hi, > > Wonder if anyone can help/advise with this query. > > I am using the built in HTTPException hierarchy to raise a JSON exception > with the use of content_type and body parameters, e.g. > > *raise HTTPBadRequest (content_type='application/json', > body=json.dumps(myErrorDict)). * > > This works fine rendering JSON for exception types other than HTTPNotFound > and HTTPForbidden. > > The documentation at > http://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyramid/en/latest/api/httpexceptions.html#module-pyramid.httpexceptions > > states that when these types of exception are RAISED the appropriate > default view (not found or forbidden) will be called. This is indeed the > case when testing and always appear to be rendered as HTML, despite setting > the content_type and body parameters as JSON. > > I have noticed that if I RETURN HttpNotFound exception as a response then > JSON is rendered, e.g. > *return HTTPNotFound (content_type='application/json', > body=json.dumps(myErrorDict))* > > In my application I raise a HTTPNotFound exception whenever a resource id > for a GET request cannot be found in the backend database. Currently this > directs me to the HTML landing view for not found errors. > > In this case is it acceptable to RETURN HTTPNotFound so that I can achieve > a JSON response? Or, should I be using a different exception type when a > resource cannot be located in the database? This way I am not confusing > HTTPNotFound exception with the scenario where the server did not find > anything matching the Request-URI? What are other developers opinions on > this? > > Cheers > > Simon > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pylons-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pylons-discuss/f8f7d608-9560-4957-b987-c89b6ea2dbf2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
