# Unit Testing HTTP Client error response

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/unit-testing-http-client-error-response/47952>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** http\_client, testing, httpoison\
**Created:** [May 24, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/unit-testing-http-client-error-response/47952 "2022-05-24T18:22:09Z")\
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Thanks for the reply.

I learnt something new reading that!

However, I did use the exVCR stub functionality and creating custom cassettes. However, I need to test on the {:error, \_} match from the `HTTPoison.get` response not the details of the response itself.

I guess the above methods I originally mentioned are the only ways unless I change the interface for the API, ie just returning the `HTTPoison.response` instead of the `html`

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