@magic/error

@magic/error

throw errors with custom code/name.

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installation:

npm install @magic/error

usage:

import error from '@magic/error'

err = error('message', 'name')
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'name', code: 'E_NAME', type: 'E', msg: 'message' }

err = error('message')
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'Unknown', code: 'E_UNKNOWN', type: 'E', msg: 'message' }

err = error(new Error('message'))
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'Error', code: 'E_UNKNOWN', type: 'E', msg: 'message' }

err = error('message', 'name with spaces')
// Error {
//  message: 'message',
//  name: 'name with spaces',
//  code: 'E_NAME_WITH_SPACES',
//  type: 'E',
//  msg: 'message',
// }

err = error(['message', 'name', 'T'])
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'name', code: 'T_NAME', type: T, msg: 'message' }

err = error(['message'], 'name', 'T')
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'name', code: 'T_NAME', type: T, msg: 'message' }

err = error(['message', 'name1'], 'name2', 'T')
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'name1', code: 'T_NAME1', type: T, msg: 'message' }

error types

errors can have types

// E is the default type
err = error('message', 'name')
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'name', code: 'E_NAME', type: 'E', msg: 'message' }

// warnings:
err = error('message', 'name', 'W')
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'name', code: 'W_NAME', type: 'W', msg: 'message' }

// debug:
err = error('message', 'name', 'D')
// Error { message: 'message', name: 'name', code: 'D_NAME', type: 'D', msg: 'message' }

changelog

0.0.1

first commit

0.0.2

• errors can be passed as first argument
• error.name is unchanged, error.code gets transformed to start with E_ and be uppercased.
• error.code for passed in errors is E_UNKNOWN.

0.0.3

• error type (third fn argument) can now be set, default is E to keep output the same.
• error name (second fn argument) can now be a string with spaces. e.code is e.type + e.name, but UPPER_SNAKE_CASED.
• error stack cleanup improved.

0.0.4

• err.msg is no === err.message
• first argument can be an array of [message, name, type]

0.0.5 - unreleased

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