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+Custom Error Pages
+==================
+
+Flask comes with a handy :func:`~flask.abort` function that aborts a
+request with an HTTP error code early. It will also provide a plain black
+and white error page for you with a basic description, but nothing fancy.
+
+Depending on the error code it is less or more likely for the user to
+actually see such an error.
+
+Common Error Codes
+------------------
+
+The following error codes are some that are often displayed to the user,
+even if the application behaves correctly:
+
+*404 Not Found*
+ The good old "chap, you made a mistake typing that URL" message. So
+ common that even novices to the internet know that 404 means: damn,
+ the thing I was looking for is not there. It's a very good idea to
+ make sure there is actually something useful on a 404 page, at least a
+ link back to the index.
+
+*403 Forbidden*
+ If you have some kind of access control on your website, you will have
+ to send a 403 code for disallowed resources. So make sure the user
+ is not lost when they try to access a forbidden resource.
+
+*410 Gone*
+ Did you know that there the "404 Not Found" has a brother named "410
+ Gone"? Few people actually implement that, but the idea is that
+ resources that previously existed and got deleted answer with 410
+ instead of 404. If you are not deleting documents permanently from
+ the database but just mark them as deleted, do the user a favour and
+ use the 410 code instead and display a message that what they were
+ looking for was deleted for all eternity.
+
+*500 Internal Server Error*
+ Usually happens on programming errors or if the server is overloaded.
+ A terrible good idea to have a nice page there, because your
+ application *will* fail sooner or later (see also:
+ :ref:`application-errors`).
+
+
+Error Handlers
+--------------
+
+An error handler is a function, just like a view function, but it is
+called when an error happens and is passed that error. The error is most
+likely a :exc:`~werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException`, but in one case it
+can be a different error: a handler for internal server errors will be
+passed other exception instances as well if they are uncaught.
+
+An error handler is registered with the :meth:`~flask.Flask.errorhandler`
+decorator and the error code of the exception. Keep in mind that Flask
+will *not* set the error code for you, so make sure to also provide the
+HTTP status code when returning a response.
+
+Here an example implementation for a "404 Page Not Found" exception::
+
+ from flask import render_template
+
+ @app.errorhandler(404)
+ def page_not_found(e):
+ return render_template('404.html'), 404
+
+An example template might be this:
+
+.. sourcecode:: html+jinja
+
+ {% extends "layout.html" %}
+ {% block title %}Page Not Found{% endblock %}
+ {% block body %}
+ <h1>Page Not Found</h1>
+ <p>What you were looking for is just not there.
+ <p><a href="{{ url_for('index') }}">go somewhere nice</a>
+ {% endblock %}