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http-errors

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http-errors

Create HTTP errors for Express, Koa, Connect, etc. with ease.

Example

var createError = require('http-errors');

app.use(function (req, res, next) {
  if (!req.user) return next(createError(401, 'Please login to view this page.'));
  next();
})

API

This is the current API, currently extracted from Koa and subject to change.

Error Properties

message
status and statusCode - the status code of the error, defaulting to 500

createError([status], [message], [properties])

var err = createError(404, 'This video does not exist!');

status: 500 - the status code as a number
message - the message of the error, defaulting to node's text for that status code.
properties - custom properties to attach to the object

new createError[code || name]([msg]))

var err = new createError.NotFound();

code - the status code as a number
name - the name of the error as a "bumpy case", i.e. NotFound or InternalServerError.