From 61e41ec3b9ce2eed3fc3494910f4269b42df9b14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rapptz <rapptz@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:09:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] All exceptions now derive from DiscordException.

---
 discord/errors.py | 10 ++++++++--
 docs/api.rst      |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/discord/errors.py b/discord/errors.py
index 36ec3b486..e50e0386b 100644
--- a/discord/errors.py
+++ b/discord/errors.py
@@ -24,10 +24,16 @@ FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 """
 
-class InvalidDestination(Exception):
+class DiscordException(Exception):
+    """Base exception class for discord.py
+
+    Ideally speaking, this could be caught to handle any exceptions thrown from this library.
+    """
+
+class InvalidDestination(DiscordException):
     """Thrown when the destination from :meth:`Client.send_message` is invalid."""
     pass
 
-class GatewayNotFound(Exception):
+class GatewayNotFound(DiscordException):
     """Thrown when the gateway hub for the :class:`Client` websocket is not found."""
     pass
diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 1ab68ca25..43efe7535 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ Exceptions
 
 The following exceptions are thrown by the library.
 
+.. autoclass:: DiscordException
+
 .. autoclass:: InvalidDestination
-    :members:
 
 .. autoclass:: GatewayNotFound
-    :members: