⚽ catches

Some functions throw errors. Maybe you don't care about any errors. The show must go on.

Maybe you do this:

let data: string | undefined
try {
  data = getSomeString()
} catch () {
  // Silently ignore the error.
  // We don't really need the data anyway.
}

That's a lot of lines.

We can do better

Introducing catches

const data = catches(getSomeString) // => string | undefined

It's that easy

There's more!

// want to fallback if the function throws? easy

const data = catches(getSomeString) ?? "fallback" // => string

// what if the function is synchronous?
// what if it is async?
// and what if the promise is rejected
// and what if the function throws even before a promise is returned

// ...

// what do you think?
// of course it still works
const data = await catches(async () => "...") ?? "fallback"


// wait. but what if my function needs arguments?

// well. just add them at the end
const data = catches(getSomeString, 1, 2)

// easy

Installation

npm install catches

# stop
# are you srsly using npm
# it's 2024 (or later)

bun i catches # (note: not a real command)

# don't like bun?
# well lucky you
# this is javascript

yarn add catches
pnpm i catches
oro add catches

Contributing

I mean. It's kinda done right? There's nothing left here. Stop reading, go use catches, save yourself some time, spend it with your family. You won't get this time back. I'm serious. Look outside. What a beautiful day. Now look at this README. Do you really want to contribute to this? I mean...

But no, seriously. If you do want to contribute. Please do. I'd love that.

License

This project is licensed under the GPL v3 or Later.