nice-try

A function that tries to execute a function and discards any error that occurs.

Install

npm install nice-try

Usage

import niceTry from 'nice-try'

niceTry(() => JSON.parse('true')) // true
niceTry(() => JSON.parse('error')) // undefined
niceTry() // undefined
niceTry(true) // undefined

import niceTry from 'nice-try/promises'

await niceTry(async () => JSON.parse('true')) // true
await niceTry(async () => JSON.parse('error')) // undefined

API

nice-try

Parameters

• fn {Function} The function to execute.

Returns

• {*} The return value of the function, or undefined if an error occurred.

nice-try/promises

Parameters

• fn {Function} An asynchronous function to execute.

Returns

• {Promise<*>} The result of the function if it resolves successfully, otherwise undefined if an error is thrown.

What others say

This module is a controversial thing and people like to get mad about it. I decided to give those people a voice. Here's what they're saying.

fundamentally inane

— frou_dh

the worst Javascript library […] in several categories

— kuzux

how is this a thing

— uint8_t

This is blowing my mind

— mr_jim_lahey

a shit-tastic try-catch alias

— Dropping_fruits

I assumed every commit was a joke, but after researching the maintainer a bit I'm not sure it is...

— MrPineappleHat