I am using FastAPI with Pydantic.

My problem - I need to raise ValueError using Pydantic

from fastapi import FastAPI
from pydantic import BaseModel, validator
from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException

app = FastAPI()

class RankInput(BaseModel):

    rank: int

    @validator('rank')
    def check_if_value_in_range(cls, v):
        """
        check if input rank is within range
        """
        if not 0 < v < 1000001:

            raise ValueError("Rank Value Must be within range (0,1000000)")
            #raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Rank Value Error") - this works But I am looking for a solution using ValueError
        return v

def get_info_by_rank(rank):
    return rank

@app.get('/rank/{rank}')
async def get_rank(value: RankInput = Depends()):
    result = get_info_by_rank(value.rank)
    return result

this piece of code gives Internal Server Error when a ValueError is raised

INFO:     127.0.0.1:59427 - "GET /info/?rank=-1 HTTP/1.1" 500 Internal Server Error
ERROR:    Exception in ASGI application
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/uvicorn/protocols/http/h11_impl.py", line 396, in run_asgi
    result = await app(self.scope, self.receive, self.send)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/uvicorn/middleware/proxy_headers.py", line 45, in __call__
    return await self.app(scope, receive, send)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fastapi/applications.py", line 199, in __call__
    await super().__call__(scope, receive, send)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/applications.py", line 111, in __call__
    await self.middleware_stack(scope, receive, send)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/middleware/errors.py", line 181, in __call__
    raise exc from None
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/middleware/errors.py", line 159, in __call__
    await self.app(scope, receive, _send)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/exceptions.py", line 82, in __call__
    raise exc from None
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/exceptions.py", line 71, in __call__
    await self.app(scope, receive, sender)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 566, in __call__
    await route.handle(scope, receive, send)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 227, in handle
    await self.app(scope, receive, send)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 41, in app
    response = await func(request)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fastapi/routing.py", line 195, in app
    dependency_overrides_provider=dependency_overrides_provider,
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fastapi/dependencies/utils.py", line 550, in solve_dependencies
    solved = await run_in_threadpool(call, **sub_values)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/concurrency.py", line 34, in run_in_threadpool
    return await loop.run_in_executor(None, func, *args)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 57, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "pydantic/main.py", line 400, in pydantic.main.BaseModel.__init__
pydantic.error_wrappers.ValidationError: 1 validation error for GetInput
rank
  ValueError() takes no keyword arguments (type=type_error)
ERROR:uvicorn.error:Exception in ASGI application
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/uvicorn/protocols/http/h11_impl.py", line 396, in run_asgi
    result = await app(self.scope, self.receive, self.send)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/uvicorn/middleware/proxy_headers.py", line 45, in __call__
    return await self.app(scope, receive, send)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fastapi/applications.py", line 199, in __call__
    await super().__call__(scope, receive, send)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/applications.py", line 111, in __call__
    await self.middleware_stack(scope, receive, send)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/middleware/errors.py", line 181, in __call__
    raise exc from None
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/middleware/errors.py", line 159, in __call__
    await self.app(scope, receive, _send)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/exceptions.py", line 82, in __call__
    raise exc from None
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/exceptions.py", line 71, in __call__
    await self.app(scope, receive, sender)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 566, in __call__
    await route.handle(scope, receive, send)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 227, in handle
    await self.app(scope, receive, send)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 41, in app
    response = await func(request)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fastapi/routing.py", line 195, in app
    dependency_overrides_provider=dependency_overrides_provider,
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fastapi/dependencies/utils.py", line 550, in solve_dependencies
    solved = await run_in_threadpool(call, **sub_values)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/starlette/concurrency.py", line 34, in run_in_threadpool
    return await loop.run_in_executor(None, func, *args)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 57, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "pydantic/main.py", line 400, in pydantic.main.BaseModel.__init__
pydantic.error_wrappers.ValidationError: 1 validation error for GetInput
rank
  ValueError() takes no keyword arguments (type=type_error)

I also checked https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/issues/2180.

But I was not able to figure out a solution.

What I need to do is Raise ValueError with a Custom Status Code.

Note - I know I can get the Job Done by raising HTTPException.

But I am looking for a solution using ValueError

Could you tell me where I am going wrong?

Have Also Posted this Issue on Github - https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/issues/3761

If you're not raising an HTTPException then normally any other uncaught exception will generate a 500 response (an Internal Server Error). If your intent is to respond with some other custom error message and HTTP status when raising a particular exception - say, ValueError - then you can use add a global exception handler to your app:

from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse


@app.exception_handler(ValueError)
async def value_error_exception_handler(request: Request, exc: ValueError):
    return JSONResponse(
        status_code=400,
        content={"message": str(exc)},
    )

This will give a 400 response (or you can change the status code to whatever you like) like this:

{
    "message": "Value Must be within range (0,1000000)"
}