Axios handling errors

Question

I'm trying to understand javascript promises better with Axios. What I pretend is to handle all errors in Request.js and only call the request function from anywhere without having to use catch().

In this example, the response to the request will be 400 with an error message in JSON.

This is the error I'm getting:

Uncaught (in promise) Error: Request failed with status code 400

The only solution I find is to add .catch(() => {}) in Somewhere.js but I'm trying to avoid having to do that. Is it possible?

Here's the code:

Request.js

export function request(method, uri, body, headers) {
  let config = {
    method: method.toLowerCase(),
    url: uri,
    baseURL: API_URL,
    headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + getToken() },
    validateStatus: function (status) {
      return status >= 200 && status < 400
    }
  }

  ...

  return axios(config).then(
    function (response) {
      return response.data
    }
  ).catch(
    function (error) {
      console.log('Show error notification!')
      return Promise.reject(error)
    }
  )
}

Somewhere.js

export default class Somewhere extends React.Component {

  ...

  callSomeRequest() {
    request('DELETE', '/some/request').then(
      () => {
        console.log('Request successful!')
      }
    )
  }

  ...

}

Answer 1

Actually, it's not possible with axios as of now. The status codes which falls in the range of 2xx only, can be caught in .then().

A conventional approach is to catch errors in the catch() block like below:

axios.get('/api/xyz/abcd')
  .catch(function (error) {
    if (error.response) {
      // Request made and server responded
      console.log(error.response.data);
      console.log(error.response.status);
      console.log(error.response.headers);
    } else if (error.request) {
      // The request was made but no response was received
      console.log(error.request);
    } else {
      // Something happened in setting up the request that triggered an Error
      console.log('Error', error.message);
    }

  });

Another approach can be intercepting requests or responses before they are handled by then or catch.

axios.interceptors.request.use(function (config) {
    // Do something before request is sent
    return config;
  }, function (error) {
    // Do something with request error
    return Promise.reject(error);
  });

// Add a response interceptor
axios.interceptors.response.use(function (response) {
    // Do something with response data
    return response;
  }, function (error) {
    // Do something with response error
    return Promise.reject(error);
  });