xcore-express

A lightweight library that brings middlewares to handle error reporting in web applications using Node and Express.

Guide

A reference guide to middlewares and helper functions included in xcore.

Exception Classes

Middlewares

ErrorHandler

A middleware to detect error type and send a JSON response with approperiate HTTP Status code and message.

Usage:

if (!req.isAuthenticated()) {
  throw new UnauthenticatedException("Authentication is required.");
}

Example response:

{
  "meta": {
    "code": 401,
    "success": false,
    "message": "Authentication is required."
  }
}

Logger

A middleware to format and log errors to console.

Sample console log:

>> GET /api/users/me
>> [UnauthenticatedException] Authentication is required.
>> [Error]
>> ... stack trace ...

Creator

• Zeeshan Mian (@zmian)

License

xcore-express is released under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.