From 13440986a11602a968c84a3596f46304966ff446 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dualtribesman <98664686+koladebashir@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:11:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve error handling for item retrieval

Fix: Return 404 for non-existent items instead of null response

Previously, valid ID formats with non-existent items returned 200 OK
with null values, creating ambiguous API responses. Now properly returns
404 Not Found when items don't exist in the database.
---
 docs_src/query_params_str_validations/tutorial015_an_py310.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs_src/query_params_str_validations/tutorial015_an_py310.py b/docs_src/query_params_str_validations/tutorial015_an_py310.py
index 35f368094..6097cafa0 100644
--- a/docs_src/query_params_str_validations/tutorial015_an_py310.py
+++ b/docs_src/query_params_str_validations/tutorial015_an_py310.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import random
 from typing import Annotated
 
-from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
 from pydantic import AfterValidator
 
 app = FastAPI()
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ async def read_items(
 ):
     if id:
         item = data.get(id)
+        if item is None:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f"Item with id '{id}' not found")
     else:
         id, item = random.choice(list(data.items()))
     return {"id": id, "name": item}