@octokit/request-error/README.md

# http-error.js

> Error class for Octokit request errors

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## Usage

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Load <code>@octokit/request-error</code> directly from <a href="https://cdn.skypack.dev">cdn.skypack.dev</a>
        
```html
<script type="module">
import { RequestError } from "https://cdn.skypack.dev/@octokit/request-error";
</script>
```

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Node
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Install with <code>npm install @octokit/request-error</code>

```js
const { RequestError } = require("@octokit/request-error");
// or: import { RequestError } from "@octokit/request-error";
```

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```js
const error = new RequestError("Oops", 500, {
  request: {
    method: "POST",
    url: "https://api.github.com/foo",
    body: {
      bar: "baz",
    },
    headers: {
      authorization: "token secret123",
    },
  },
  response: {
    status: 500,
    url: "https://api.github.com/foo",
    headers: {
      "x-github-request-id": "1:2:3:4",
    },
    data: {
      foo: "bar",
    },
  },
});

error.message; // Oops
error.status; // 500
error.request; // { method, url, headers, body }
error.response; // { url, status, headers, data }
```

### Usage with Octokit

```js
try {
  // your code here that sends at least one Octokit request
  await octokit.request("GET /");
} catch (error) {
  // Octokit errors always have a `error.status` property which is the http response code
  if (error.status) {
    // handle Octokit error
  } else {
    // handle all other errors
    throw error;
  }
}
```

## LICENSE

[MIT](LICENSE)