Error Handling
Explore how to implement centralized error handling in Express applications. Understand the use of custom error classes and middleware to improve error management for RESTful APIs, enhancing responses and maintaining security.
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Express comes with a default built-in error handler that deals with any errors that might arise in the application.
Handle errors centrally
Since we haven’t written custom error handlers to handle the errors passed to next() in src/controllers/recipe.js, the errors will be handled by the built-in error handler.
Let’s see what the default handler does. If a faulty path is visited where a recipe with a certain id doesn’t exist, then an error is displayed in the ...