Simple Async Errors

A simple library for handling async errors in controllers. This makes it easier to create global error handlers and will stop UnhandledPromiseRejection errors from showing up anymore.

Installation

Install Async Errors using npm:

npm install --save simple-async-errors

Usage

Async functions are supported and will call a catcher for you when they throw:

const asyncErrorWrapper = require('simple-async-errors');

module.exports = asyncErrorWrapper({
  index: (req, res) => res.send('yay!')
});

Async functions on static and non-static memebers of classes can be used as well:

const asyncErrorWrapper = require('simple-async-errors');

class TestController {
  async test(req, res) {
    res.send('yay');
  }

  static async test2(req, res) {
    res.send('yay');
  }
}

module.exports = asyncErrorWrapper(TestController);

They can also all be rolled up into deeply nested objects and still work! Like when you have an index route file that exports all routes as an object. Doing this will allow you to only run the async handler in a single location instead of spread throughout all of your route files:

const asyncErrorWrapper = require('simple-async-errors');

// Error handler for all requests
const errorHandler = (req, res) => (err) => {
  switch (err.name) {
    case 'UnauthorizedError':
      return res.status(401).json({
        error: { message: err.message }
      });

    default:
      debug(err.name);
      debug(err);

      return res.status(500).json({
        error: config.debugMode ? err : 'Unknown Error'
      });
  }
};

module.exports = asyncErrorWrapper({
  TestController: require('./test'),
  HomeController: require('./home'),
}, errorHandler);