diff --git a/litellm/proxy/tests/test_openai_exception_request.py b/litellm/proxy/tests/test_openai_exception_request.py
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+import openai, httpx, os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv()
+client = openai.OpenAI(
+    api_key="anything",
+    base_url="http://0.0.0.0:8000",
+    http_client=httpx.Client(verify=False),
+)
+
+try:
+    # request sent to model set on litellm proxy, `litellm --model`
+    response = client.chat.completions.create(
+        model="azure-gpt-3.5",
+        messages=[
+            {
+                "role": "user",
+                "content": "this is a test request, write a short poem" * 2000,
+            }
+        ],
+    )
+
+    print(response)
+except Exception as e:
+    print(e)
+    variables_proxy_exception = vars(e)
+    print("proxy exception variables", variables_proxy_exception.keys())
+    print(variables_proxy_exception["body"])
+
+
+api_key = os.getenv("AZURE_API_KEY")
+azure_endpoint = os.getenv("AZURE_API_BASE")
+print(api_key, azure_endpoint)
+client = openai.AzureOpenAI(
+    api_key=os.getenv("AZURE_API_KEY"),
+    azure_endpoint=os.getenv("AZURE_API_BASE", "default"),
+)
+try:
+    response = client.chat.completions.create(
+        model="chatgpt-v-2",
+        messages=[
+            {
+                "role": "user",
+                "content": "this is a test request, write a short poem" * 2000,
+            }
+        ],
+    )
+except Exception as e:
+    print(e)
+    variables_exception = vars(e)
+    print("openai client exception variables", variables_exception.keys())