async-err

An easy way to make an error in Node.js asynchronous, when it would be synchronous otherwise.

Installation

npm install async-err

Example - non-throwing

'use strict';
var asyncerr = require('./index').asyncerr;
var fs = require('fs');

function asyncFunc(filename, cb) {
  if (typeof var1 !== 'string')
    return asyncerr(new Error('Error: Bad type for var1'), cb);

  fs.readFile(filename, function (err, data) {
    if (err) return cb(err);
    cb(null, data);
  });
}

asyncFunc(3, function(err, file) {
  if (err) return console.log(err.message);
  console.log('File contents: ', file);
});

Results in the following output, after you type, export DEBUG="async-err":

async-err Error: Bad type for var1 +0ms
Error: Bad type for var1

API

asyncerr(err, cb)

A convenience function to make otherwise sync errors async. If you give asyncerr incorrect arguments, it will send messages to the console via the debug module, but that's it.

Params:

• Object err A Node.js Error object.
• Function cb A function object as callback.

asyncerrThrows(err, cb)

A convenience function to make otherwise sync errors async. If you give it incorrect arguments, it will throw and exception.

Params:

• Object err A Node.js Error object.
• Function cb A function object as callback.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Edmond Meinfelder

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