---
title: Reporting errors
description: Learn how to report errors to Honeybadger from your Python application.
url: https://docs.honeybadger.io/lib/python/errors/reporting-errors/
---

Use `honeybadger.notify()` to send errors to Honeybadger:

```python
from honeybadger import honeybadger


try:
    # Buggy code goes here
except Exception as exception:
    honeybadger.notify(exception)
```

## Reporting errors without an exception

You can report any type of error to Honeybadger, not just exceptions. The simplest form is calling `honeybadger.notify` with a custom class and message:

```python
from honeybadger import honeybadger


honeybadger.notify(
    error_class='ValueError',
    error_message='Something bad happened!'
)


# Or send a simple string message
honeybadger.notify("Something went wrong!")
```

## Passing additional options to `honeybadger.notify`

In some cases you will want to override the defaults or add additional information to your error reports. To do so, you can pass more arguments to `honeybadger.notify`.

For example, you could add tags to a notification:

```python
from honeybadger import honeybadger


honeybadger.notify(exception, tags=["my_custom_tag", "another_tag"])
```

These are all the available arguments you can pass to `honeybadger.notify`:

| Parameter       | Type        | Required | Description                                               |
| --------------- | ----------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| `exception`     | `Exception` | \*       | An instance of an exception                               |
| `error_class`   | `str`       | \*\*     | A string representation of a class name                   |
| `error_message` | `str`       | \*\*     | An error message                                          |
| `fingerprint`   | `str`       | No       | A unique identifier used to group related errors together |
| `context`       | `dict`      | No       | A dictionary containing additional context information    |
| `tags`          | `list[str]` | No       | A list of tags to associate with the error                |

\* Either provide an `exception` object, OR both `error_class` and `error_message`.

\*\* Required when not providing an `exception` object.

The `honeybadger.notify()` method returns a UUID string that uniquely identifies the error notification.

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