How would you handle exceptions in REST APIs?

• Implement global exception handling using middleware to catch unhandled

exceptions.

• Return consistent and meaningful error responses.
• Log errors for debugging and monitoring.

Example in ASP.NET Core:

app.UseExceptionHandler(appError =>

appError.Run(async context =>

context.Response.StatusCode = 500; // Internal Server Error

context.Response.ContentType = "application/json";

var contextFeature =

context.Features.Get<IExceptionHandlerFeature>();

if(contextFeature != null)

// Log exception (use ILogger)

await context.Response.WriteAsync(new

StatusCode = context.Response.StatusCode,

Message = "Internal Server Error.",

Detail = contextFeature.Error.Message

}.ToString());

});

});