node-oauth-error

Convert oauth object-literal errors into actual Error() objects.

Why?

For some reason, the popular oauth module returns object literals instead of Error() objects, so this module simply converts oauth object-literal errors into actual Error() objects. See oauth #250, #84, and #155.

Contribute

Please test this module in your projects and open issues or send pull requests if you would like to improve, extend or fix anything in this module. 😄

Install

Assuming you have oauth installed, now install node-oauth-error:

$ npm install --save node-oauth-error

Usage

To use node-oauth-error, simply pass the original oauth error object into the OAuthError() constructor. Below is a usage example where a typical oauth setup is shown, but some irrelevant configuration details are omitted so that the error handler portion of the code can be highlighted.

const OAuth = require('oauth');
const OAuthError = require('node-oauth-error');

const oauth = new OAuth.OAuth(/* ... */);

oauth.get('some/url/endpoint',
  // ...
  (err, data) => {
    if (err) {
      // convert the oauth error into a real `Error()`.
      throw new OAuthError(err);
    }
    // ...
  }
);

Notes

This module knows how to convert oauth errors that have the following formats:

Format #1:

{
  statusCode: 401,
  data: '{"request": "\\/1.1\\/statuses\\/user_timeline.json", "error": "Not authorized."}'
}

Format #2:

{
  statusCode: 401,
  data: '{"errors": [{"code":89, "message": "Invalid or expired token."}]}'
}

If you see something I am missing, please open an issue or send a pull request. Thanks!

API

OAuthError(input)

The Error constructor.

input

Required
Type: object

The original oauth error object literal you want to convert to an actual Error.

License

MIT © Michael Wuergler