http exception library

Features

• Handle common HTTP error scenarios with dedicated exception classes.
• Generate error responses with customizable error messages and status codes.
• Improve code readability and maintainability by encapsulating error logic in reusable classes.

Install

npm i http-exception-library

Usage

You can use it along with Express defining a custom error handler to replace the Express' default error handler like that:

import { STATUS_CODES } from 'http';
import { HttpException, HttpStatus } from 'http-exception-library';

export function errorHandler(error, req, res, next) {
  if (error instanceof HttpException) {
    return res.status(error.statusCode).json({
      message: error.message,
      statusCode: error.statusCode,
      error: error.error,
    });
  }

  return res
    .status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
    .send(STATUS_CODES[HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR]);
}

Now into your request handlers, you can use the exception classes without a try/catch block.

import { Router } from 'express';
import { BadRequestException } from 'http-exception-library';

import { User } from '../models/user';

const routes = Router();

routes.get('/users/:id', async (req, res) => {
  const user = await User.FindOne({ id: req.params.id });

  if (!user) throw new BadRequestException(undefined, 'USER_NOT_FOUND');

  //...
});

export { routes };

The HttpStatus object

Note that the http-exception-library also imports an object HttpStatus:

import { HttpException, HttpStatus } from 'http-exception-library';

console.log(HttpStatus.OK); // Output: 200
console.log(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND); // Output: 404

Which exception classes this package provides?

http-exception-library provides a set of exception classes that inherit from the base HttpException. These classes represent many of the most common HTTP exceptions:

• BadRequestException
• UnauthorizedException
• NotFoundException
• ForbiddenException
• NotAcceptableException
• RequestTimeoutException
• ConflictException
• GoneException
• HttpVersionNotSupportedException
• PayloadTooLargeException
• UnsupportedMediaTypeException
• UnprocessableEntityException
• InternalServerErrorException
• NotImplementedException
• ImATeapotException
• MethodNotAllowedException
• BadGatewayException
• ServiceUnavailableException
• GatewayTimeoutException
• PreconditionFailedException

HttpStatus Object

The HttpStatus object maps the status names to their corresponding status codes.

• HttpStatus.CONTINUE: 100
• HttpStatus.SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS: 101
• HttpStatus.PROCESSING: 102
• HttpStatus.OK: 200
• HttpStatus.CREATED: 201
• HttpStatus.ACCEPTED: 202
• HttpStatus.NON_AUTHORITATIVE_INFORMATION: 203
• HttpStatus.NO_CONTENT: 204
• HttpStatus.RESET_CONTENT: 205
• HttpStatus.PARTIAL_CONTENT: 206
• HttpStatus.MULTI_STATUS: 207
• HttpStatus.ALREADY_REPORTED: 208
• HttpStatus.IM_USED: 226
• HttpStatus.MULTIPLE_CHOICES: 300
• HttpStatus.MOVED_PERMANENTLY: 301
• HttpStatus.FOUND: 302
• HttpStatus.SEE_OTHER: 303
• HttpStatus.NOT_MODIFIED: 304
• HttpStatus.USE_PROXY: 305
• HttpStatus.TEMPORARY_REDIRECT: 307
• HttpStatus.PERMANENT_REDIRECT: 308
• HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST: 400
• HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED: 401
• HttpStatus.PAYMENT_REQUIRED: 402
• HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN: 403
• HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND: 404
• HttpStatus.METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED: 405
• HttpStatus.NOT_ACCEPTABLE: 406
• HttpStatus.PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED: 407
• HttpStatus.REQUEST_TIMEOUT: 408
• HttpStatus.CONFLICT: 409
• HttpStatus.GONE: 410
• HttpStatus.LENGTH_REQUIRED: 411
• HttpStatus.PRECONDITION_FAILED: 412
• HttpStatus.PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE: 413
• HttpStatus.URI_TOO_LONG: 414
• HttpStatus.UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE: 415
• HttpStatus.RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE: 416
• HttpStatus.EXPECTATION_FAILED: 417
• HttpStatus.MISDIRECTED_REQUEST: 421
• HttpStatus.UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY: 422
• HttpStatus.LOCKED: 423
• HttpStatus.FAILED_DEPENDENCY: 424
• HttpStatus.UPGRADE_REQUIRED: 426
• HttpStatus.PRECONDITION_REQUIRED: 428
• HttpStatus.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS: 429
• HttpStatus.REQUEST_HEADER_FIELDS_TOO_LARGE: 431
• HttpStatus.UNAVAILABLE_FOR_LEGAL_REASONS: 451
• HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR: 500
• HttpStatus.NOT_IMPLEMENTED: 501
• HttpStatus.BAD_GATEWAY: 502
• HttpStatus.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE: 503
• HttpStatus.GATEWAY_TIMEOUT: 504
• HttpStatus.HTTP_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED: 505
• HttpStatus.VARIANT_ALSO_NEGOTIATES: 506
• HttpStatus.INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE: 507
• HttpStatus.LOOP_DETECTED: 508
• HttpStatus.NOT_EXTENDED: 510
• HttpStatus.NETWORK_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED: 511

License

This project is licensed under the MIT MIT License.