[javascript] Axios handling errors

I'm trying to understand javascript promises better with Axios. What I pretend is to handle all errors in Request.js and only call the request function from anywhere without having to use catch().

In this example, the response to the request will be 400 with an error message in JSON.

This is the error I'm getting:

Uncaught (in promise) Error: Request failed with status code 400

The only solution I find is to add .catch(() => {}) in Somewhere.js but I'm trying to avoid having to do that. Is it possible?

Here's the code:

Request.js

export function request(method, uri, body, headers) {
  let config = {
    method: method.toLowerCase(),
    url: uri,
    baseURL: API_URL,
    headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + getToken() },
    validateStatus: function (status) {
      return status >= 200 && status < 400
    }
  }

  ...

  return axios(config).then(
    function (response) {
      return response.data
    }
  ).catch(
    function (error) {
      console.log('Show error notification!')
      return Promise.reject(error)
    }
  )
}

Somewhere.js

export default class Somewhere extends React.Component {

  ...

  callSomeRequest() {
    request('DELETE', '/some/request').then(
      () => {
        console.log('Request successful!')
      }
    )
  }

  ...

}

If I understand correctly you want then of the request function to be called only if request is successful, and you want to ignore errors. To do that you can create a new promise resolve it when axios request is successful and never reject it in case of failure.

Updated code would look something like this:

export function request(method, uri, body, headers) {
  let config = {
    method: method.toLowerCase(),
    url: uri,
    baseURL: API_URL,
    headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + getToken() },
    validateStatus: function (status) {
      return status >= 200 && status < 400
    }
  }


  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
    axios(config).then(
      function (response) {
        resolve(response.data)
      }
    ).catch(
      function (error) {
        console.log('Show error notification!')
      }
    )
  });

}

If you want to gain access to the whole the error body, do it as shown below:

 async function login(reqBody) {
  try {
    let res = await Axios({
      method: 'post',
      url: 'https://myApi.com/path/to/endpoint',
      data: reqBody
    });

    let data = res.data;
    return data;
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error.response); // this is the main part. Use the response property from the error object

    return error.response;
  }

}

Actually, it's not possible with axios as of now. The status codes which falls in the range of 2xx only, can be caught in .then().

A conventional approach is to catch errors in the catch() block like below:

axios.get('/api/xyz/abcd')
  .catch(function (error) {
    if (error.response) {
      // Request made and server responded
      console.log(error.response.data);
      console.log(error.response.status);
      console.log(error.response.headers);
    } else if (error.request) {
      // The request was made but no response was received
      console.log(error.request);
    } else {
      // Something happened in setting up the request that triggered an Error
      console.log('Error', error.message);
    }

  });

Another approach can be intercepting requests or responses before they are handled by then or catch.

axios.interceptors.request.use(function (config) {
    // Do something before request is sent
    return config;
  }, function (error) {
    // Do something with request error
    return Promise.reject(error);
  });

// Add a response interceptor
axios.interceptors.response.use(function (response) {
    // Do something with response data
    return response;
  }, function (error) {
    // Do something with response error
    return Promise.reject(error);
  });

I tried using the try{}catch{} method but it did not work for me. However, when I switched to using .then(...).catch(...), the AxiosError is caught correctly that I can play around with. When I try the former when putting a breakpoint, it does not allow me to see the AxiosError and instead, says to me that the caught error is undefined, which is also what eventually gets displayed in the UI.

Not sure why this happens I find it very trivial. Either way due to this, I suggest using the conventional .then(...).catch(...) method mentioned above to avoid throwing undefined errors to the user.

You can go like this: error.response.data
In my case, I got error property from backend. So, I used error.response.data.error

My code:

axios
  .get(`${API_BASE_URL}/students`)
  .then(response => {
     return response.data
  })
  .then(data => {
     console.log(data)
  })
  .catch(error => {
     console.log(error.response.data.error)
  })

call the request function from anywhere without having to use catch().

First, while handling most errors in one place is a good Idea, it's not that easy with requests. Some errors (e.g. 400 validation errors like: "username taken" or "invalid email") should be passed on.

So we now use a Promise based function:

const baseRequest = async (method: string, url: string, data: ?{}) =>
  new Promise<{ data: any }>((resolve, reject) => {
    const requestConfig: any = {
      method,
      data,
      timeout: 10000,
      url,
      headers: {},
    };

    try {
      const response = await axios(requestConfig);
      // Request Succeeded!
      resolve(response);
    } catch (error) {
      // Request Failed!

      if (error.response) {
        // Request made and server responded
        reject(response);
      } else if (error.request) {
        // The request was made but no response was received
        reject(response);
      } else {
        // Something happened in setting up the request that triggered an Error
        reject(response);
      }
    }
  };

you can then use the request like

try {
  response = await baseRequest('GET', 'https://myApi.com/path/to/endpoint')
} catch (error) {
  // either handle errors or don't
}

if u wanna use async await try

export const post = async ( link,data ) => {
const option = {
    method: 'post',
    url: `${URL}${link}`,
    validateStatus: function (status) {
        return status >= 200 && status < 300; // default
      },
    data
};

try {
    const response = await axios(option);
} catch (error) {
    const { response } = error;
    const { request, ...errorObject } = response; // take everything but 'request'
    console.log(errorObject);
}