yerror

It helps to know why you got an error.

Usage

First, require me where you could throw errors:

import YError from 'yerror';

Then, emit errors with a bonus: parameters!

function doSomething(pay, action) {
  if(parseInt(pay, 10) !== pay) {
    throw new YError('E_BAD_PAY', pay, action);
  }
}

doSomething('nuts', 'code');


// YError: E_BAD_PAY (nuts, code)
//   at doSomething (/home/nfroidure/nfroidure/yerror/test.js:5:11)
//   at Object.<anonymous> (/home/nfroidure/nfroidure/yerror/test.js:9:1)
//   (...)

You don't have to use constant like error messages, we use this convention mainly for i18n reasons.

Also, you could want to wrap errors and keep a valuable stack trace:

function doSomethingAsync(pay, action) {
  return  new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
    try {
      doSomething(pay, action);
      resolve();
    } catch(err) {
      reject(YError.bump(err));
    }
  });
}

doSomethingAsync('nuts', 'code')
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.log(err.stack);
  });

// YError: E_BAD_PAY (nuts, code)
//    at doSomething (/home/nfroidure/nfroidure/yerror/test.js:5:11)
//    (...)
// YError: E_BAD_TRANSACTION (pay)
//    at Function.YError.wrap (/home/nfroidure/nfroidure/yerror/src/index.js:41:12)
//    at /home/nfroidure/nfroidure/yerror/test.js:16:21
//    at doSomethingAsync (/home/nfroidure/nfroidure/yerror/test.js:11:11)
//    (...)

API

Classes

YError ⇐ Error

A YError class able to contain some params and print better stack traces

Functions

printStackTrace(err) ⇒ string

Allow to print a stack from anything (especially catched errors that may or may not contain errors 🤷).

YError ⇐ Error

A YError class able to contain some params and print better stack traces

Kind: global class
Extends: Error

• YError ⇐ Error
  • .wrap(err, [errorCode], [...params]) ⇒ YError
  • .cast(err, [errorCode], [...params]) ⇒ YError
  • .bump(err, [errorCode], [...params]) ⇒ YError

YError.wrap(err, [errorCode], [...params]) ⇒ YError

Wraps any error and output a YError with an error code and some params as debug values.

Kind: static method of YError
Returns: YError - The wrapped error

YError.cast(err, [errorCode], [...params]) ⇒ YError

Return a YError as is or wraps any other error and output a YError with a code and some params as debug values.

Kind: static method of YError
Returns: YError - The wrapped error

YError.bump(err, [errorCode], [...params]) ⇒ YError

Same than YError.wrap() but preserves the code and the debug values of the error if it is already an instance of the YError constructor.

Kind: static method of YError
Returns: YError - The wrapped error

printStackTrace(err) ⇒ string

Allow to print a stack from anything (especially catched errors that may or may not contain errors 🤷).

Kind: global function
Returns: string - The stack trace if any

Authors

• Nicolas Froidure (formerly at SimpliField)

License

MIT