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HTTPException: Handling HTTPExceptions Source evidence: /Sources/honojs hono/provenance.md Canonical citation: https://hono.dev/llms full.txt handling httpex...
HTTPException: Handling HTTPExceptions
Source evidence: /Sources/honojs__hono/provenance.md Canonical citation: https://hono.dev/llms-full.txt#handling-httpexceptions
Summary
You can handle uncaught HTTPExceptions with app.onError. They include a getResponse method that returns a new Response created from the error status, and either the error message, or the [custom...
Content
You can handle uncaught HTTPExceptions with app.onError. They include a getResponse method that returns a new Response created from the error status, and either the error message, or the custom response set when the error was thrown.
import { Hono } from 'hono'
const app = new Hono()
// ---cut---
import { HTTPException } from 'hono/http-exception'
// ...
app.onError((err, c) => {
if (err instanceof HTTPException) {
// Return the error response generated by HTTPException
return err.getResponse()
}
// For any other unexpected errors, log and return a generic 500 response
console.error(err)
return c.text('Internal Server Error', 500)
})
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