I am building a Rest API. Do I need to raise an exception or return a string message?

What is the best practice in terms of returning exceptions to the client applications?

CodePudding user response：

There is no concept of an "exception" in an HTTP, they are a language feature. A REST API should report errors by returning an appropriate HTTP response code, for example 404 (Not Found).

CodePudding user response：

You should use appropriate HttpResponse code. Refer https://httpstatusdogs.com/ for more info on httpRespone code. About Exceptions, make sure you don't reveal too much info since it can be vulnerable.