HttpError

HttpError describes a Error occurred in the system. Commonly used for HttpContext.error(err), where a instance of HttpError can be given as an argument.

Usage within a WebService

var HttpError = require("roadie").HttpError;  // Require to obtain the class
var err = new HttpError(500, "Something somewhere went terribly wrong"); 
this.ctx.error(err); // sends an error to the user.

Properties

Name	Description
extra	Extra text to describe the error
code	Http status code associated with the error, default 500
text	Text belonging to the Http status code. Automaticly filled when empty

Methods

Name	Description
create(err, errtxt, extra)	Constructor of HttpError. Can be called with an NodeJs error object as first argument, a string as first argument. A number and a String or a number, string and a string.
httpStatus()	Returns a plain object containing all information of the error. Used to pass to the user
send(ctx)	Sends the error to the user with given HttpContext