@tractor/error-handler

@tractor/error-handler

A general HTTP request error handler for tractor.

API

TractorError

Creates a new TractorError.

Arguments

• message: string - the error message
• status?: number - the HTTP status of the error

Usage

let error = new TractorError('something bad happened', 500);

TractorError.isTractorError

Checks if something is a TractorError.

Arguments

• e: any - thing to test

Usage

TractorError.isTractorError(new TractorError('something bad happened')); // true;
TractorError.isTractorError(new Error('something bad happened')); // false;

handleError

Sends an error back to the client

Arguments

• response: Response - the Express HTTP response object
• error: TractorError - the TractorError that was thrown

Usage

import { TractorError, handleError } from '@tractor/error-handler';

export function myApiEndpoint (request, response) {
     if (somethingBad) {
        handleError(response, new TractorError('something bad happened'));
    } else {
        response.sendStatus(200);
    }
}