@andreasnicolaou/safe — Say Goodbye to Try-Catch Blocks!

Tired of writing try...catch everywhere?

Let @andreasnicolaou/safe handle it for you. This tiny, library automatically wraps your functions and promises in a safe execution environment.

Features

• No more try-catch everywhere: Clean up your code by handling errors in one place.
• Works with sync and async: One API for both synchronous and asynchronous code.
• TypeScript-first: Full type inference and guards for safer code.
• Customizable logging: Plug in your own logger or error reporting.
• Framework-agnostic: Use in Node.js, browsers, React and more.

Package Managers

# npm
npm install @andreasnicolaou/safe

# yarn
yarn add @andreasnicolaou/safe

# pnpm
pnpm add @andreasnicolaou/safe

CDN Usage

For direct browser usage without a build step:

<!-- unpkg CDN (latest version, unminified) -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@andreasnicolaou/safe/dist/index.umd.js"></script>

<!-- unpkg CDN (latest version, minified) -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@andreasnicolaou/safe/dist/index.umd.min.js"></script>

<!-- jsDelivr CDN (unminified) -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@andreasnicolaou/safe/dist/index.umd.js"></script>

<!-- jsDelivr CDN (minified) -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@andreasnicolaou/safe/dist/index.umd.min.js"></script>

The library will be available as safe on the global scope:

<script>
  // Example: use safe utilities from the global `safe` object
  const { safe: safeFn, isSuccess, isFailure } = safe;
  const [error, result] = safeFn(() => JSON.parse('{"foo": 123}'));
  if (isSuccess([error, result])) {
    console.log('Parsed:', result);
  }
</script>

Usage

You can use this library in any modern JavaScript environment:

ESM (ECMAScript Modules)

import { safe, isSuccess, isFailure } from '@andreasnicolaou/safe';

const [error, result] = safe(() => JSON.parse('{"foo": 123}'));
if (isSuccess([error, result])) {
  console.log('Parsed:', result);
}

CommonJS (Node.js require)

const { safe, isSuccess, isFailure } = require('@andreasnicolaou/safe');

const [error, result] = safe(() => JSON.parse('{"foo": 123}'));
if (isSuccess([error, result])) {
  console.log('Parsed:', result);
}

UMD (CDN/Browser)

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@andreasnicolaou/safe/dist/index.umd.min.js"></script>
<script>
  const { safe: safeFn, isSuccess, isFailure } = safe;
  const [error, result] = safeFn(() => JSON.parse('{"foo": 123}'));
  if (isSuccess([error, result])) {
    console.log('Parsed:', result);
  }
</script>

Basic Usage

import { safe, isSuccess, isFailure } from '@andreasnicolaou/safe';

const [error, result] = safe(() => {
  throw new Error('An error Occured!');
});

console.log(error); // An error Occured!
console.log(result); // undefined
console.log(isSuccess([error, result])); // false
console.log(isFailure([error, result])); // true

Advanced Error Handling

const { safe, safeWithRetries } = createSafeUtils({
  logger: (error) => sentry.captureException(error),
  logErrors: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production',
});

Architecture Benefits

• Functional Programming Friendly
  Compose operations without error handling noise
• TypeScript Optimized
  Full type inference and guards
• Framework Agnostic
  Works with React, Node.js, Deno, etc.

Related

• Error Handling in TypeScript
• RxJS Error Handling

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you encounter issues or have ideas to enhance the library, feel free to submit an issue or pull request.