extensions/String: use custom exception type

src/api/middlewares/ErrorHandler.ts

@@ -18,12 +18,24 @@
 
 import { NextFunction, Request, Response } from "express";
 import { HTTPError } from "lambert-server/HTTPError";
-import { ApiError, FieldError } from "@spacebar/util";
+import { ApiError, FieldError, FieldErrors } from "@spacebar/util";
+import { StringLengthOutOfBoundsException } from "@spacebar/extensions";
 const EntityNotFoundErrorRegex = /"(\w+)"/;
 
 export function ErrorHandler(error: Error & { type?: string }, req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
     if (!error) return next();
 
+    // Convert custom generic exception classes to spacebar errors
+    if (error instanceof StringLengthOutOfBoundsException)
+        error = FieldErrors({
+            [error.key]: {
+                code: "BASE_TYPE_BAD_LENGTH",
+                message: req.t("common:field.BASE_TYPE_BAD_LENGTH", {
+                    length: `${error.min} - ${error.max}`,
+                }),
+            },
+        });
+
     try {
         let code = 400;
         let httpcode = code;

src/extensions/String.ts

@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@
 	along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
-import { Request } from "express";
 import { SPECIAL_CHAR } from "@spacebar/util/util/Regex";
 import { Random, ntob } from "@spacebar/extensions";
-import { FieldErrors } from "@spacebar/util/util/FieldError";
 
 export function trimSpecial(str?: string): string {
     if (!str) return "";
@@ -49,16 +47,13 @@ export function stringGlobToRegexp(str: string, flags?: string): RegExp {
 }
 
 // TODO: use exception type
-export function stringCheckLength(str: string, min: number, max: number, key: string, req: Request) {
+export function stringCheckLength(str: string, min: number, max: number, key: string) {
     if (str.length < min || str.length > max) {
-        throw FieldErrors({
-            [key]: {
-                code: "BASE_TYPE_BAD_LENGTH",
-                // TODO: remove dependency on request (add generic field?)
-                message: req.t("common:field.BASE_TYPE_BAD_LENGTH", {
-                    length: `${min} - ${max}`,
-                }),
-            },
+        throw new StringLengthOutOfBoundsException({
+            key,
+            min,
+            max,
+            value: str,
         });
     }
 }
@@ -66,3 +61,15 @@ export function stringCheckLength(str: string, min: number, max: number, key: st
 export function generateCode() {
     return ntob(Date.now() + Random.nextInt(0, 10000));
 }
+
+export class StringLengthOutOfBoundsException extends RangeError {
+    min: number;
+    max: number;
+    key: string;
+    value: string;
+
+    constructor(opts: { min: number; max: number; key: string; value: string }) {
+        super(`String ${opts.key} must be between ${opts.min} and ${opts.max} characters`);
+        Object.assign(this, opts);
+    }
+}