Merge pull request #14 from hfaran/dev

Return 400 on ValidationError
hfaran · Feb 6, 2014 · 18229de · 18229de
2 parents 2002cf9 + 6e8969d
commit 18229de
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diff --git a/tornado_json/requesthandlers.py b/tornado_json/requesthandlers.py
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ def write_error(self, status_code, **kwargs):
         # with log_message only written if debug mode is enabled
         exception = kwargs["exc_info"][1]
         if any(isinstance(exception, c) for c in [APIError, ValidationError]):
+            # ValidationError is always due to a malformed request
+            if isinstance(exception, ValidationError):
+                self.set_status(400)
             self.fail(exception.log_message if
                       hasattr(exception, "log_message") else str(exception))
         else: