error-shortener
v1.0.2
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generates a string containing a message and trimmed stack from error
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error-shortener
This module is written on
typescript
, and contains the.d.ts
file. If you write ontypescript
: just use it in your project and definitions will be automatically uploaded.
npm i -S error-shortener
Motivation
Once I tired of reading the error-stack on several screens.
So I wrote the module to clean the stack: it removes the elements that are out of your repository (based on process.cwd()
), and the elements from the node_modules
folder.
Note: before cleaning the error will be checked to the expected format. If it is different, the stack cleaning will not be fulfilled.
API
const API = require('error-shortner')
// performs reduction of the stack, normalized error-stack indents, replacement message and name to the actual
// alias to API.fmtShortError
API.fmtError(arg: API.IErrorLike): string
// normalized error-stack indents, replacement message and name to the actual
API.fmtLongErrorf(arg: API.IErrorLike): string
// compliance argument with the interface
API.isIErrorLike(arg: any): arg is API.IErrorLike
Examples
Example: error has an expected format
when formatting:
- Replaced the old
SomeError
to the newNewError
name. - Replaced the old message to new.
- Excluded calls that do not relate to your source code.
- Removed
process.cwd()
part of the file paths.
import { fmtError } from 'error-shortener'
const likeBluebirdError = {
name: `NewError`,
message: `Text added from some place!\
\n\t SomeMeta: foo=bar; other=abc\
\n\t OriginalError: something happened!`,
stack: `SomeError: something happened!
at error (/home/nskazki/node.js/example/index.js:12:28)
From previous event:
at error (/home/nskazki/node.js/example/index.js:12:27)
at /home/nskazki/node.js/example/index.js:19:15
at Timer.listOnTimeout (timers.js:92:15)
From previous event:
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/nskazki/node.js/example/index.js:19:4)
at Module._compile (module.js:413:34)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:422:10)
at Module.load (module.js:357:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:314:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:447:10)
at startup (node.js:141:18)
at node.js:933:3`
}
console.error(fmtError(likeBluebirdError))
/*
NewError: Text added from some place!
SomeMeta: foo=bar; other=abc
OriginalError: something happened!
at error (index.js:12:28)
From previous event:
at error (index.js:12:27)
at index.js:19:15`
From previous event:
at Object.<anonymous> (index.js:19:4)
*/
Example: unknown error format
when formatting:
- added default
Error
name - normalized error-stack indents
import { fmtError } from 'error-shortener'
const likePhantomError = {
message: 'JSON.stringify cannot serialize cyclic structures.',
stack: `stringify@[native code]
wrapper
global code
evaluateJavaScript@[native code]
evaluate
file:///home/nskazki/node.js/work-projects/dmca-ip-search-service/phantom-farm/worker/node_modules/node-phantom-simple/bridge.js:121:61`
}
console.error(fmtError(likePhantomError))
/*
Error: JSON.stringify cannot serialize cyclic structures.
Stack:
stringify@[native code]
wrapper
global code
evaluateJavaScript@[native code]
evaluate
file:///home/nskazki/node.js/work-projects/dmca-ip-search-service/phantom-farm/worker/node_modules/node-phantom-simple/bridge.js:121:61`
*/