errdrop

A lightweight drop-in Error replacement with take-it-or-leave-it HTTP status code support.

Useful for preserving associations between errors and their appropriate HTTP status codes when decoupling application logic from middleware plumbing.

Installation

# npm 
npm i errdrop
 
# yarn 
yarn add errdrop

Example

const Error = require('errdrop')
 
// Good practice to decouple application logic
// from middleware plumbing (req/res)
function sayHello(name) {
  switch (name) {
    case 'Dwight':
      throw new Error.Forbidden(`Go away, ${name}.`)
 
    case 'Michael':
      throw new Error.MovedPermanently()
 
    default:
      return `Hello, ${name}!`
  }
}
 
app.get('/say-hello/:name', (req, res) => {
  try {
    res.send(sayHello(req.params.name))
  }
  catch (err) {
    res.status(err.statusCode || 500).send(err.message)
  }
})

Supported status codes

Subclasses are generated for each entry in http.STATUS_CODES. See here for the full list.

These classes pass all arguments through to Error for full drop-in compatibility.

Custom or nonstandard status codes are supported via the generic Error.StatusCode class, which prepends the Error class signature with a status code parameter:

throw new Error.StatusCode(218, 'This is fine')

thinware support

This module pairs well with thinware, which honors status codes attached to thrown Error objects:

/*
  /say-hello/Dwight   =>  403 Forbidden          "Go away, Dwight."
  /say-hello/Michael  =>  301 Moved Permanently  "Moved Permanently"
  /say-hello/Pam      =>  200 OK                 "Hello, Pam!"
*/
app.get('/say-hello/:name',
  thinware(sayHello, req => req.params.name)
)