# Error Handling Cheat Sheet — ASP NET Core web application

> With ASP.NET Core, you can define a global error handler by indicating that the exception handler is a dedicated API Controller.

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With ASP.NET Core, you can define a global error handler by indicating that the exception handler is a dedicated API Controller.

Content of the API Controller dedicated to the error handling

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```csharp
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net;

namespace MyProject.Controllers
{
    /// &lt;summary&gt;
    /// API Controller used to intercept and handle all unexpected exception
    /// &lt;/summary&gt;
    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    [ApiController]
    [AllowAnonymous]
    public class ErrorController : ControllerBase
    {
        /// &lt;summary&gt;
        /// Action that will be invoked for any call to this Controller in order to handle the current error
        /// &lt;/summary&gt;
        /// &lt;returns&gt;A generic error formatted as JSON because we are in a REST API app context&lt;/returns&gt;
        [HttpGet]
        [HttpPost]
        [HttpHead]
        [HttpDelete]
        [HttpPut]
        [HttpOptions]
        [HttpPatch]
        public JsonResult Handle()
        {
```

Definition in the application Startup.cs file of the mapping of the exception handler to the dedicated error handling API controller

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```csharp
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;

namespace MyProject
{
    public class Startup
    {
...
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
        {
            //First we configure the error handler middleware!
            //We enable the global error handler in others environments than DEV
            //because debug page are useful during implementation
            if (env.IsDevelopment())
            {
                app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
            }
            else
            {
                //Our global handler is defined on "/api/error" URL so we indicate to the
                //exception handler to call this API controller
                //on any unexpected exception rai
```

Exception handling with ASP.Net Core

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