Merge pull request #2958 from kevin-bates/fix-2957-add-reason-to-json…

…-errors Add 'reason' field to JSON error responses
jupyter · Nov 1, 2017 · 9a5c2c0 · 9a5c2c0
2 parents e7f69cc + ed3b0e4
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diff --git a/notebook/base/handlers.py b/notebook/base/handlers.py
@@ -486,8 +486,10 @@ def write_error(self, status_code, **kwargs):
             e = exc_info[1]
             if isinstance(e, HTTPError):
                 reply['message'] = e.log_message or message
+                reply['reason'] = e.reason
             else:
                 reply['message'] = 'Unhandled error'
+                reply['reason'] = None
                 reply['traceback'] = ''.join(traceback.format_exception(*exc_info))
         self.log.warning(reply['message'])
         self.finish(json.dumps(reply))