express-server-error v0.0.7

express-server-error

Simple and predictable HTTP error handling for server API's.

Install

npm install express-server-error

Usage

handleServerErrors: The middleware. Provides the res.handleServerError(error) method for handling the HTTP error response.

ServerError(message: String, options: Object): A constructor for the server error.

defaults:

message: 'Internal Server Error.'

options: { status = 500, name = 'ServerError', log = true }

Example

// server.js
const express = require('express')
const {
  handleServerErrors,
  ServerError
} = require('express-server-error')

const app = express()
let authorized = false
app.get('/api', async (req, res) => {
  try {
    if (!authorized) {
	  throw new ServerError('Unauthorized.', { status: 401, log: false })
	} else {
	  res.json({ hello: 'world' })
	}
  } catch (error) {
    res.handleServerError(error)
  }
})

// client.js
import axios from 'axios'

async function getData(url) {
  try {
    let { data } = await axios.get(url)
    console.log(data)
  } catch (error) {
    // happily handle all errors the same way!
    console.log(error.response.data)
  }
}

getData('/')

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