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# node-errno
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> Better [libuv](https://github.com/libuv/libuv)/[Node.js](https://nodejs.org)/[io.js](https://iojs.org) error handling & reporting. Available in npm as *errno*.
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[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/errno)
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[](http://travis-ci.org/rvagg/node-errno)
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[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/errno)
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* [errno exposed](#errnoexposed)
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* [Custom errors](#customerrors)
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<a name="errnoexposed"></a>
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## errno exposed
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Ever find yourself needing more details about Node.js errors? Me too, so *node-errno* contains the errno mappings direct from libuv so you can use them in your code.
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**By errno:**
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```js
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require('errno').errno[3]
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// → {
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//     "errno": 3,
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//     "code": "EACCES",
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//     "description": "permission denied"
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//   }
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```
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**By code:**
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```js
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require('errno').code.ENOTEMPTY
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// → {
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//     "errno": 53,
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//     "code": "ENOTEMPTY",
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//     "description": "directory not empty"
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//   }
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```
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**Make your errors more descriptive:**
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```js
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var errno = require('errno')
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function errmsg(err) {
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  var str = 'Error: '
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  // if it's a libuv error then get the description from errno
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  if (errno.errno[err.errno])
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    str += errno.errno[err.errno].description
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  else
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    str += err.message
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  // if it's a `fs` error then it'll have a 'path' property
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  if (err.path)
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    str += ' [' + err.path + ']'
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  return str
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}
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var fs = require('fs')
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fs.readFile('thisisnotarealfile.txt', function (err, data) {
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  if (err)
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    console.log(errmsg(err))
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})
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```
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**Use as a command line tool:**
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```
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~ $ errno 53
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{
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  "errno": 53,
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  "code": "ENOTEMPTY",
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  "description": "directory not empty"
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}
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~ $ errno EROFS
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{
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  "errno": 56,
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  "code": "EROFS",
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  "description": "read-only file system"
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}
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~ $ errno foo
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No such errno/code: "foo"
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```
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Supply no arguments for the full list. Error codes are processed case-insensitive.
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You will need to install with `npm install errno -g` if you want the `errno` command to be available without supplying a full path to the node_modules installation.
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<a name="customerrors"></a>
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## Custom errors
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Use `errno.custom.createError()` to create custom `Error` objects to throw around in your Node.js library. Create error hierarchies so `instanceof` becomes a useful tool in tracking errors. Call-stack is correctly captured at the time you create an instance of the error object, plus a `cause` property will make available the original error object if you pass one in to the constructor.
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```js
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var create = require('errno').custom.createError
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var MyError = create('MyError') // inherits from Error
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var SpecificError = create('SpecificError', MyError) // inherits from MyError
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var OtherError = create('OtherError', MyError)
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// use them!
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if (condition) throw new SpecificError('Eeek! Something bad happened')
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if (err) return callback(new OtherError(err))
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```
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Also available is a `errno.custom.FilesystemError` with in-built access to errno properties:
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```js
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fs.readFile('foo', function (err, data) {
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  if (err) return callback(new errno.custom.FilesystemError(err))
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  // do something else
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})
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```
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The resulting error object passed through the callback will have the following properties: `code`, `errno`, `path` and `message` will contain a descriptive human-readable message.
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## Contributors
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* [bahamas10](https://github.com/bahamas10) (Dave Eddy) - Added CLI
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* [ralphtheninja](https://github.com/ralphtheninja) (Lars-Magnus Skog)
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## Copyright & Licence
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*Copyright (c) 2012-2015 [Rod Vagg](https://github.com/rvagg) ([@rvagg](https://twitter.com/rvagg))*
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Made available under the MIT licence:
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished
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to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
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SOFTWARE.
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