diff --git a/valenceclient/common/apiclient/exceptions.py b/valenceclient/common/apiclient/exceptions.py
index 84d4221..b8988dd 100644
--- a/valenceclient/common/apiclient/exceptions.py
+++ b/valenceclient/common/apiclient/exceptions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2016 99cloud, Inc.
+# Copyright 2017 99cloud, Inc.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ class HTTPClientError(HttpError):
     message = _("HTTP Client Error")
 
 
+class BadRequest(HTTPClientError):
+    """HTTP 400 - Bad Request.
+
+    The request cannot be fulfilled due to bad syntax.
+    """
+
+    http_status = http_client.BAD_REQUEST
+    message = _("Bad Request")
+
+
 class HttpServerError(HttpError):
     """Server-side HTTP error.
 
@@ -95,7 +105,7 @@ def from_response(response, method, url):
     if not req_id:
         req_id = response.headers.get('X-compute-request-id')
 
-    kwages = {
+    kwargs = {
         'http_status': response.status_code,
         'response': response,
         'method': method,
@@ -104,7 +114,7 @@ def from_response(response, method, url):
     }
 
     if 'retry_after' in response.headers:
-        kwages['retry_after'] = response.headers['retry_after']
+        kwargs['retry_after'] = response.headers['retry_after']
 
     content_type = response.headers.get('Content-Type', "")
     if content_type.startswith('application/json'):
@@ -116,12 +126,12 @@ def from_response(response, method, url):
             if isinstance(body, dict):
                 error = body.get(list(body)[0])
                 if isinstance(error, dict):
-                    kwages['message'] = (error.get('message') or
+                    kwargs['message'] = (error.get('message') or
                                          error.get('faultstring'))
-                    kwages['details'] = (error.get('details') or
+                    kwargs['details'] = (error.get('details') or
                                          six.text_type(body))
     elif content_type.startswith("text/"):
-        kwages['details'] = getattr(response, 'text', '')
+        kwargs['details'] = getattr(response, 'text', '')
 
     try:
         cls = _code_map[response.status_code]
@@ -136,4 +146,4 @@ def from_response(response, method, url):
         else:
             cls = HttpError
 
-    return cls
+    return cls(**kwargs)
diff --git a/valenceclient/tests/unit/common/apiclient/test_exception.py b/valenceclient/tests/unit/common/apiclient/test_exception.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42d0c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/valenceclient/tests/unit/common/apiclient/test_exception.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Copyright 2017 99cloud, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from oslotest import base as test_base
+from six.moves import http_client
+from valenceclient.common.apiclient import exceptions
+
+
+class FakeResponse(object):
+    json_data = {}
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        for key, value in kwargs.items():
+            setattr(self, key, value)
+
+    def json(self):
+        return self.json_data
+
+
+class ExceptionsArgsTest(test_base.BaseTestCase):
+
+    def assert_exception(self, ex_cls, method, url, status_code, json_data,
+                         error_msg=None, error_details=None,
+                         check_description=True):
+        ex = exceptions.from_response(
+            FakeResponse(status_code=status_code,
+                         headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
+                         json_data=json_data),
+            method,
+            url)
+        self.assertIsInstance(ex, ex_cls)
+        if check_description:
+            expected_msg = error_msg or json_data['error']['message']
+            expected_details = error_details or json_data['error']['details']
+            self.assertEqual(expected_msg, ex.message)
+            self.assertEqual(expected_details, ex.details)
+        self.assertEqual(method, ex.method)
+        self.assertEqual(url, ex.url)
+        self.assertEqual(status_code, ex.http_status)
+
+    def test_from_response_know(self):
+        method = "GET"
+        url = "/fake"
+        status_code = http_client.BAD_REQUEST
+        json_data = {"error": {"message": "fake message",
+                               "details": "fake details"}}
+        self.assert_exception(exceptions.BadRequest,
+                              method, url, status_code, json_data)
+
+    def test_from_response_unknown(self):
+        method = "POST"
+        url = "/fake-unknown"
+        status_code = 499
+        json_data = {"error": {"message": "fake message",
+                               "details": "fake details"}}
+        self.assert_exception(
+            exceptions.HTTPClientError, method, url, status_code, json_data)
+        status_code = 600
+        self.assert_exception(
+            exceptions.HttpError, method, url, status_code, json_data)