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JavaScript Node.js Basics 2017 Handling Errors in Node Handling Status Code Errors

Vincent Wang
Vincent Wang
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Posted by Vincent Wang
Vincent Wang
1,976 Points

Redundant try-catch block?

In this video, if we already implemented a try-catch block for a parsing exception which would be thrown if there is an invalid JSON object, does this become redundant now that we have this error message for an unexpected https response, since when we look for an invalid profile it should return 404, and it won't bother with the parsing try-catch block

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

These are different kinds of errors.

For example, what if your request was for a valid profile, but due to some internal error the server returned an invalid JSON object?

Vincent Wang
Vincent Wang
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Vincent Wang
Vincent Wang
1,976 Points

I see, that makes sense thank you!

Christopher Debove
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Christopher Debove
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Christopher Debove
Christopher Debove
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Asynchronous flow's errors are not caught by the external try-catch.