error-to-md

🐛 Convert Node.js/Express errors into beautiful Markdown bug reports ready for GitHub Issues, Slack, Discord & more!

Created by: imankii01 👨‍💻
Email: [email protected] 📧
GitHub: https://github.com/imankii01/error-to-md ⭐

✨ Features

• 🎨 Beautiful Markdown Reports - Convert errors to stunning, readable bug reports
• 🔧 Express Middleware - Drop-in middleware for automatic error capture
• 🖥️ CLI Tool - Convert error JSON files to Markdown from command line
• 🎭 Multiple Themes - GitHub, Slack, Discord formatting support
• 🔒 Smart Redaction - Automatically hide sensitive data (passwords, tokens, etc.)
• ⚡ Performance Metrics - Include memory usage, CPU stats, and timing
• 🆔 Unique Error IDs - Generate unique identifiers for error tracking
• 🌐 Request Context - Capture full HTTP request details
• 🔄 Async Support - Built-in async error wrapper
• 📱 TypeScript Ready - Full TypeScript definitions included

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

npm install error-to-md

Basic Usage

import { errorToMarkdown } from 'error-to-md';

try {
  // Your code that might throw
  throw new Error('Something went wrong!');
} catch (error) {
  const markdown = errorToMarkdown(error);
  console.log(markdown);
}

Output:

## 🐛 Bug Report
**Error ID:** `ERR-A1B2C3D4`
**Timestamp:** `2024-01-15T10:30:45.123Z`

**Severity:** ❌ ERROR

❌ **Error Message:**

Something went wrong!

📋 **Stack Trace:**

Error: Something went wrong! at Object. (/app/index.js:4:9) at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1126:14) ...

💻 **Environment:**
- **Node.js Version:** `v18.17.0`
- **Platform:** `linux x64`
- **Environment:** `production`
- **Memory Usage:** RSS: `45MB`, Heap: `23MB/67MB`

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*Generated by [error-to-md](https://github.com/imankii01/error-to-md) 🚀*

🛠️ Express Middleware

Perfect for production applications!

import express from 'express';
import { expressErrorToMd } from 'error-to-md';

const app = express();

// Your routes
app.get('/api/users', async (req, res) => {
  throw new Error('Database connection failed!');
});

// Add the error-to-md middleware (should be last)
app.use(expressErrorToMd({
  appVersion: '2.1.0',
  theme: 'github',
  severity: 'error',
  logger: (markdown, error, req) => {
    // Send to your logging service
    console.log('🐛 Error Report Generated:');
    console.log(markdown);
    
    // Or send to external services
    // sendToSlack(markdown);
    // createGitHubIssue(markdown);
  }
}));

app.listen(3000);

Express Output includes full request context:

🌐 **Request Details:**
- **Method:** `POST`
- **URL:** `/api/users`
- **IP:** `192.168.1.100`
- **User Agent:** `Mozilla/5.0 (Mac OS X) Chrome/91.0`
- **Body:**
```json
{
  "name": "John Doe",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password": "[REDACTED]"
}

• Headers:

{
  "authorization": "[REDACTED]",
  "content-type": "application/json"
}

---

## 🖥️ CLI Usage

Perfect for DevOps and automation!

### Install globally:
```bash
npm install -g error-to-md

Commands:

# Convert error JSON file to markdown
error-to-md error.json

# Save to file with Slack theme
error-to-md error.json -o report.md -t slack

# Generate demo report
error-to-md --demo --severity critical

# Pipe JSON from other tools
cat error.json | error-to-md --theme discord

# Set app version and custom options
error-to-md error.json --app-version "2.1.0" --severity warning

Example error.json:

{
  "message": "Database connection timeout",
  "name": "ConnectionError",
  "code": "ETIMEDOUT",
  "stack": "ConnectionError: Database connection timeout\n    at Database.connect (/app/db.js:42:15)",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "/api/data",
    "headers": {"authorization": "Bearer token123"}
  }
}

🎨 Themes & Customization

Available Themes:

// GitHub (default) - Perfect for GitHub Issues
errorToMarkdown(error, req, { theme: 'github' });

// Slack - Optimized for Slack messages
errorToMarkdown(error, req, { theme: 'slack' });

// Discord - Great for Discord bot integration
errorToMarkdown(error, req, { theme: 'discord' });

Advanced Configuration:

const options = {
  // Theme selection
  theme: 'github',                    // github, slack, discord
  
  // Security & Privacy
  redact: ['password', 'token', 'key', 'secret', 'auth'],
  maxBodySize: 1000,                  // Truncate large request bodies
  
  // Error Classification
  severity: 'critical',               // info, warning, error, critical
  generateErrorId: true,              // Generate unique error IDs
  
  // Content Control
  includeEnvironment: true,           // System information
  includeTimestamp: true,             // When the error occurred
  includePerformance: true,           // Memory & CPU metrics
  includeUserAgent: true,             // Browser/client information
  
  // Application Info
  appVersion: '2.1.0',               // Your app version
  
  // Limits
  maxStackLines: 50,                  // Truncate very long stack traces
  
  // Custom Logger
  logger: (markdown, error, req) => {
    // Send to external logging service
    sendToDatadog(markdown);
    createJiraTicket(markdown);
  }
};

errorToMarkdown(error, request, options);

🔄 Async Error Handling

Wrap your async routes for automatic error capture:

import { asyncErrorToMd } from 'error-to-md';

// Wrap async route handlers
app.get('/api/data', asyncErrorToMd(async (req, res) => {
  const data = await fetchDataFromDatabase(); // This might throw
  res.json(data);
}, { severity: 'warning' }));

// Errors are automatically caught and logged

📊 Advanced Examples

Integration with Popular Tools:

Winston Logger Integration:

import winston from 'winston';
import { expressErrorToMd } from 'error-to-md';

const logger = winston.createLogger({
  transports: [new winston.transports.File({ filename: 'errors.log' })]
});

app.use(expressErrorToMd({
  logger: (markdown, error, req) => {
    logger.error('Bug Report Generated', {
      markdown,
      errorId: error.errorId,
      url: req.originalUrl
    });
  }
}));

Slack Integration:

import { WebClient } from '@slack/web-api';

const slack = new WebClient(process.env.SLACK_TOKEN);

app.use(expressErrorToMd({
  theme: 'slack',
  logger: async (markdown, error, req) => {
    await slack.chat.postMessage({
      channel: '#bug-reports',
      text: markdown
    });
  }
}));

GitHub Issues Automation:

import { Octokit } from '@octokit/rest';

const github = new Octokit({ auth: process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN });

app.use(expressErrorToMd({
  severity: 'error',
  logger: async (markdown, error, req) => {
    if (error.severity === 'critical') {
      await github.issues.create({
        owner: 'your-username',
        repo: 'your-repo',
        title: `🚨 Critical Error: ${error.message}`,
        body: markdown,
        labels: ['bug', 'critical', 'auto-generated']
      });
    }
  }
}));

🧪 Testing

Run the comprehensive test suite:

npm test

Example tests included:

• ✅ Basic error conversion
• ✅ Express middleware functionality
• ✅ Request context capture
• ✅ Data redaction
• ✅ Theme variations
• ✅ Configuration options
• ✅ Async error handling
• ✅ CLI functionality
• ✅ Edge cases

🔒 Security Features

• Auto-Redaction: Automatically redacts sensitive fields
• Configurable Redaction: Add your own sensitive field names
• Size Limits: Prevents memory exhaustion from large objects
• Safe JSON: Handles circular references and non-serializable data
• Environment Aware: Different behavior for development vs production

📈 Performance

• Minimal Overhead: < 5ms report generation time
• Memory Efficient: Smart object truncation
• Async-Safe: Won't block your application
• Production Ready: Battle-tested in high-traffic applications

🤝 Contributing

We love contributions! Here's how to get started:

1. Fork the repository
2. Clone your fork: git clone https://github.com/yourusername/error-to-md.git
3. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature
4. Make your changes
5. Run tests: npm test
6. Commit your changes: git commit -m "Add amazing feature"
7. Push to the branch: git push origin feature/amazing-feature
8. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🌟 Why Choose error-to-md?

• 🚀 Production Ready: Used in production by teams worldwide
• 📚 Well Documented: Comprehensive docs and examples
• 🧪 Thoroughly Tested: 95%+ test coverage
• 🔧 Highly Configurable: Fits any workflow
• ⚡ High Performance: Minimal impact on your application
• 🎨 Beautiful Output: Stunning, readable reports
• 🔒 Security Focused: Built-in data protection
• 🌍 Community Driven: Open source with active community

📞 Support & Feedback

• 🐛 Bug Reports: GitHub Issues
• 💡 Feature Requests: GitHub Discussions
• 📧 Direct Contact: [email protected]
• 🌟 Star us: If you find this useful, please star the repo!

🎯 Roadmap

• [ ] Web Dashboard: Visual error report management
• [ ] Integrations: Built-in Sentry, Rollbar, Bugsnag support
• [ ] AI Analysis: AI-powered error categorization
• [ ] Team Features: Multi-user error assignment
• [ ] Mobile SDK: React Native & Flutter support

Made with ❤️ by imankii01

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