Return Response with status_code=500 if error

duckduckgo_search_api/main.py

@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 
 import uvicorn
 from duckduckgo_search import AsyncDDGS
-from litestar import Litestar, get
+from litestar import Litestar, Response, get
 from litestar.config.app import ExperimentalFeatures
 from litestar.config.compression import CompressionConfig
 from litestar.openapi import OpenAPIConfig, OpenAPIController
 from litestar.params import Parameter
+from litestar.status_codes import HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
 
 __version__ = "0.8.0"
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ class DdgNewsOut:
     image: str
 
 
-class MyOpenAPIController(OpenAPIController):
+class MyOpenAPIController(OpenAPIController):  ## type: ignore
     path = "/"
 
 
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ async def ddg_text_search(
             return cast(list[DdgTextOut], results)
     except Exception as ex:
         logging.warning(ex)
-        return []
+        return Response(status_code=HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)  # type: ignore
 
 
 @get("/images")  ## type: ignore
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ async def ddg_images_search(
             return cast(list[DdgImagesOut], results)
     except Exception as ex:
         logging.warning(ex)
-        return []
+        return Response(status_code=HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)  # type: ignore
 
 
 @get("/videos")  ## type: ignore
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ async def ddg_videos_search(
             return cast(list[DdgVideosOut], results)
     except Exception as ex:
         logging.warning(ex)
-        return []
+        return Response(status_code=HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)  # type: ignore
 
 
 @get("/news")  ## type: ignore
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ async def ddg_news_search(
             return cast(list[DdgNewsOut], results)
     except Exception as ex:
         logging.warning(ex)
-        return []
+        return Response(status_code=HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)  # type: ignore
 
 
 app = Litestar(