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diff --git a/bot/utils/exceptions.py b/bot/utils/exceptions.py
index 9e080759..bf0e5813 100644
--- a/bot/utils/exceptions.py
+++ b/bot/utils/exceptions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+
 class UserNotPlayingError(Exception):
     """Raised when users try to use game commands when they are not playing."""
 
     pass
+
+
+class APIError(Exception):
+    """Raised when an external API (eg. Wikipedia) returns an error response."""
+
+    def __init__(self, api: str, status_code: int, error_msg: Optional[str] = None):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.api = api
+        self.status_code = status_code
+        self.error_msg = error_msg