diff --git a/senlinclient/common/exc.py b/senlinclient/common/exc.py
index c54abe39..a9eabacb 100644
--- a/senlinclient/common/exc.py
+++ b/senlinclient/common/exc.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
+import six
+
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
 from openstack import exceptions as sdkexc
 
@@ -39,17 +41,17 @@ class HTTPException(BaseException):
     """Base exception for all HTTP-derived exceptions."""
     code = 'N/A'
 
-    def __init__(self, details=None):
-        super(HTTPException, self).__init__(details)
+    def __init__(self, error=None):
+        super(HTTPException, self).__init__(error)
         try:
-            self.error = jsonutils.loads(details)
+            self.error = error
             if 'error' not in self.error:
                 raise KeyError(_('Key "error" not exists'))
         except KeyError:
             # If key 'error' does not exist, self.message becomes
             # no sense. In this case, we return doc of current
             # exception class instead.
-            self.error = {'error': { 'message': self.__class__.__doc__}}
+            self.error = {'error': {'message': self.__class__.__doc__}}
         except Exception:
             self.error = {'error':
                           {'message': self.message or self.__class__.__doc__}}
@@ -61,7 +63,186 @@ class HTTPException(BaseException):
             return (_('ERROR: %(message)s\n%(traceback)s') %
                     {'message': message, 'traceback': traceback})
         else:
-            return _('ERROR: %s') % message
+            code = self.error['error'].get('code', 'Unknown')
+            return _('ERROR(%s): %s') % (code, message)
 
-class HTTPNotFound(HTTPException):
-    code = '404'
+
+class ClientError(HTTPException):
+    pass
+
+
+class ServerError(HTTPException):
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPBadRequest(ClientError):
+    # 400
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPUnauthorized(ClientError):
+    # 401
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPForbidden(ClientError):
+    # 403
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPNotFound(ClientError):
+    # 404
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPMethodNotAllowed(ClientError):
+    # 405
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPNotAcceptable(ClientError):
+    # 406
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPProxyAuthenticationRequired(ClientError):
+    # 407
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPRequestTimeout(ClientError):
+    # 408
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPConflict(ClientError):
+    # 409
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPGone(ClientError):
+    # 410
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPLengthRequired(ClientError):
+    # 411
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPPreconditionFailed(ClientError):
+    # 412
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPRequestEntityTooLarge(ClientError):
+    # 413
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPRequestURITooLong(ClientError):
+    # 414
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPUnsupportedMediaType(ClientError):
+    # 415
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPRequestRangeNotSatisfiable(ClientError):
+    # 416
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPExpectationFailed(ClientError):
+    # 417
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPInternalServerError(ServerError):
+    # 500
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPNotImplemented(ServerError):
+    # 501
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPBadGateway(ServerError):
+    # 502
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPServiceUnavailable(ServerError):
+    # 503
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPGatewayTimeout(ServerError):
+    # 504
+    pass
+
+
+class HTTPVersionNotSupported(ServerError):
+    # 505
+    pass
+
+
+_EXCEPTION_MAP = {
+    400: HTTPBadRequest,
+    401: HTTPUnauthorized,
+    403: HTTPForbidden,
+    404: HTTPNotFound,
+    405: HTTPMethodNotAllowed,
+    406: HTTPNotAcceptable,
+    407: HTTPProxyAuthenticationRequired,
+    408: HTTPRequestTimeout,
+    409: HTTPConflict,
+    410: HTTPGone,
+    411: HTTPLengthRequired,
+    412: HTTPPreconditionFailed,
+    413: HTTPRequestEntityTooLarge,
+    414: HTTPRequestURITooLong,
+    415: HTTPUnsupportedMediaType,
+    416: HTTPRequestRangeNotSatisfiable,
+    417: HTTPExpectationFailed,
+    500: HTTPInternalServerError,
+    501: HTTPNotImplemented,
+    502: HTTPBadGateway,
+    503: HTTPServiceUnavailable,
+    504: HTTPGatewayTimeout,
+    505: HTTPVersionNotSupported,
+}
+
+
+def parse_exception(exc):
+    '''Parse exception code and yield useful information.
+    :param details: details of the exception.
+    '''
+    if isinstance(exc, sdkexc.HttpException):
+        record = jsonutils.loads(exc.details)
+    elif isinstance(exc, six.string_types):
+        record = jsonutils.loads(exc)
+    else:
+        print(_('Unknown exception: %s') % exc)
+        return
+    try:
+        code = record['error']['code']
+    except KeyError as err:
+        # Some exception are not caught by SDK, we need to try again
+        # The 'code' field may be misplaced
+        try:
+            code = record['code']
+            record['error']['code'] = code
+        except KeyError as err:
+            print(_('Malformed exception record, missing field "%s"') % err)
+            print(_('Original error record: %s' % record))
+            return
+
+    if code in _EXCEPTION_MAP:
+        inst = _EXCEPTION_MAP.get(code)
+        raise inst(record)
+    else:
+        raise HTTPException(record)