```viewModelScope.launch { try { val apiRes = AccountRepository().connect.createAccount(...

# android

[mending3]

viewModelScope.launch {
    try {
        val apiRes = AccountRepository().connect.createAccount(accountName.value, phoneNumber.value?.toInt())
        _showNotif.postValue("success")
    } catch (throwable: Throwable) {
        when (throwable) {
            is IOException -> _showNotif.postValue(throwable.message)
            is HttpException -> _showNotif.postValue("${throwable.code()}")
            else -> _showNotif.postValue(throwable.message)
        }
    }
}

I want to catch an exception from retrofit. the api returns 500. however why does the viewModelScope return me the success message indicated by _showNotif.postValue("success") code?

[Rémy]

If you want to catch a http status code 500, you can do it via an Interceptor right ? Handle the request / response there first, I think.

[mending3]

Thanks for your response. do you have any snippet of it/

[mending3]

?

[Joost Klitsie]

Well the request successfully made the round trip

[Joost Klitsie]

so you have to check the response body for errors

[Rémy]

if you use Retrofit, with OkHttp, you can add an Interceptor to OkHttp client.

[Joost Klitsie]

inline fun <reified T> Call<T>.executeForResult(): Result<T> =
	try {
		val response = execute()
		val body = response.body()
		when {
			response.isSuccessful && body != null -> SUCCESS(body)
			response.isSuccessful && response.code() == 204 && T::class == Any::class -> SUCCESS(Any() as T)
			response.isSuccessful -> ERROR(error = NullPointerException())
			else ->ERROR(error = HttpException(response))
		}
	}
	catch (e: Exception) {
		RsmLog.e(BUSINESS_TAG, e)
		ERROR(error = e)
	}

I have for example this, where it returns a Result object, which can be SUCCESS or ERROR

[Joost Klitsie]

(or LOADING but in this case not necessary)

[Joost Klitsie]

so the execute will throw an error only if there is actually something going wrong

[Joost Klitsie]

like io exception, network error

[Joost Klitsie]

if you do get a response from the backend, the request was successfully made and returned a response. Just check if the response in itself was successful or not

[mending3]

apparently I noticed I've set the Interceptor.
but this is ugly.

try {
    val apiRes = AccountRepository().connect.createAccount(accountName.value, phoneNumber.value?.toInt())
    if (apiRes.code() == 500) {
        _showNotif.postValue("error 500")
    }
}

it should be caught in the catch block

[mending3]

thank you Joost for joinin in

[Rémy]

https://futurestud.io/tutorials/retrofit-2-catch-server-errors-globally-with-response-interceptor

[mending3]

@Rémy thanks, but it's really verbose code you got there. I'd better looking ugly than beating around the bush.

[Rémy]

I understand.