How to Record API Function Stack Errors for Later Analysis

KenJ

HI, I am builing API function stacks, but want to log to the database a meaningful message if something on the function stack creates an error.

Because under normal circumstances, if my front end sends data thats not quite right or I make a mistake in the function stack and it creates an error, how can the error be caught and analysed when the system in in production?

I have a helper global function that can write to my error log table, but when the function stack halts doe to an error I can't seem to save this error in any controlled way.

What I see is the error sent back to the front end to deal with but how can the error be recorded anyway in the backend?

Thanking you

lesa

Hey Ken

Have you tried using a Try/Catch for this? Here's a video about it.

KenJ

Hi, I see Try/Catch is wrapped around functions.

But I am finding the error occurs sometimes right up front for example when an integer input receives a text input value and this instantly triggers an ERROR.

I cant see how Try/Catch can intercept this type of ERROR or is there some other way to catch these errors?

Thanking you,

sweekark

Yes i dont think you can catch parameter validations using try/catch, and i think this would be a frontend error because the input from the frontend is wrong and imo i dont think we have to log this.😀

however you can wrap your whole api function in try/catch and use throw to send the error msg and code.