apis-return

Return value helper for apis lib

Usage

var returnHandler = require('apis-return');
 
//Some resource class here
Resource.prototype.get = function(id, cb) {
    db.get(id, returnHandler("NotFound", cb)); 
    //this will return standard 404 NotFound if error or db returns non result
}

returnHandler(error, name, cb);
returnHandler(error, cb);

• error — can be standard http error name in camel case notation or error class. For custom error classes implementation look in the apis lib documentation;
• name — return value name or return object. If name is string it will return {name: result}. If name is object, it will return this object. If no name provided return result;
• cb — callback

Errors implemented in apis

• 400 BadRequest
• 401 AuthRequired
• 403 Forbidden
• 404 NotFound
• 405 MethodNotAllowed
• 409 Conflict
• 413 RequestEntityTooLarge
• 415 UnsupportedMediaType
• 500 ServerError