我的EXPRESS / NodeJs响应错误中无法访问值[String：'Error：Request return error code：404

Question

i am trying to access values in my express response error. When I console.log the error like this...

app.use(function(err, req, res, next){
    console.log(err)
});

The console looks like the following

[String: 'Error: Request returned error code: 404 and body: {"status":404,"title":"No option(s) were found with this query.","type":"https://developer.bigcommerce.com/api#api-status-codes"}']

For Example; how do i access err.title so i can send this to the client.

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Answer 1

If I'm not wrong, express uses a generic error object defined in the standard , and there are only three properties:

Error.prototype.constructor
Specifies the function that created an instance's prototype.
Error.prototype.message
Error message.
Error.prototype.name
Error name.

Some libraries (like mongoose for example) use a custom error object, so you can access to more error details (and properties), if this is your case, you could try to look for an "Error handling" chapter in the official docs of that library, and see if you have more details in the error object. In this cases I think you won't use the err object provided by express but an err provided by the library method which rises the error, somewhat like:

...
app.use((err, req, res, next)=>{
 library.method((err1, data)=>{
  console.log(err1);// use this error object
 })
})
...