httpexceptions

Provide Exceptions for REST API based on Express.js.

This module lets you to throw an HTTP Exception quickly.

Features

Some HTTP Exception are already implemented :

• BadRequest
• Unauthorized
• PaymentRequired
• Forbidden
• NotFound
• MethodNotAllowed
• NotAcceptable
• InternalServerError
• NotImplemented
• BadGateway
• ProxyError
• ServiceUnvailable
• GatewayTimeout

You can use HTTPExceptions method to throw a custom Exception (see example).

Installation

$ npm install -g typescript typings 
$ npm install httpexceptions

API

   var httpExceptions = require('httpexceptions');
   var express = require('express');
   var app = express();
   
   app.get('/my/route', function(req, res){
   
        throw new httpExceptions.BadRequest('Custom Message'); //Emit
        // OR
        // throw new httpExceptions.HTTPException(510, 'Custom Message');
   
   });
   
   app.get('/my/route/params', function(req, res){
      
      if (req.params.id === undefined){
        throw new httpExceptions.BadRequest();
      }
      
   });
   
   
   //GlobalHandler middleware catch exception and send response to the client
   app.use(function(err, request, response){
 
        if(err instanceof HTTPExpcetions.Exception){
            response.status(err.status).send(err.message);
        }
 
   });

Test

$ npm install -g mocha
$ npm test

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 Romain Lenzotti

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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