fix(error): add trace to browser in dev mode

also make AppError a bit easier to use

src/components/error/ErrorInfo.tsx

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type Props = {
   message: string;
   statusCode?: number;
   originalPath?: string;
+  stack?: string;
   /** props specific to error boundary. */
   misc?: {
     subtext: string;
@@ -19,7 +20,9 @@ type Props = {
   };
 };
 
-const ErrorInfo = ({ message, statusCode, misc, originalPath }: Props) => {
+const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development';
+
+const ErrorInfo = ({ message, statusCode, misc, originalPath, stack }: Props) => {
   const title = statusCode ? `${message} (${statusCode})` : message;
   return (
     <>
@@ -39,6 +42,11 @@ const ErrorInfo = ({ message, statusCode, misc, originalPath }: Props) => {
           <use href='/svg/sadgnu.svg#sad-gnu'></use>
         </svg>
         <h1 className={`heading heading__primary ${styles.heading}`}>{title}</h1>
+        {Boolean(stack && isDev) && (
+          <pre className={styles.stack}>
+            <code>{stack}</code>
+          </pre>
+        )}
         {misc ? (
           <>
             <p>{misc.subtext}</p>
@@ -64,6 +72,13 @@ const ErrorInfo = ({ message, statusCode, misc, originalPath }: Props) => {
             .
           </p>
         )}
+        <p>
+          If you think this shouldn't happen,{' '}
+          <Link href='/contact'>
+            <a className='link'>let it be known</a>
+          </Link>
+          .
+        </p>
       </Layout>
     </>
   );

src/interfaces/shared/error.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 import { AppError as AppErrorClass } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 
-export type AppError = Omit<InstanceType<typeof AppErrorClass>, 'name'>;
+export type AppError = Pick<InstanceType<typeof AppErrorClass>, 'message' | 'statusCode' | 'stack'>;

src/pages/find/index.tsx

@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps<Data, FindQueryParams> = asy
       props: { data: { title: query, results: res }, error: null, originalPath },
     };
   } catch (error) {
-    const { message, statusCode } = getErrorProperties(error);
-    ctx.res.statusCode = statusCode;
-    ctx.res.statusMessage = message;
+    const err = getErrorProperties(error);
+    ctx.res.statusCode = err.statusCode;
+    ctx.res.statusMessage = err.message;
 
     return {
       props: {
-        error: { message, statusCode },
+        error: { message: err.message, statusCode: err.statusCode, stack: err.format() },
         data: { title: query, results: null },
         originalPath,
       },

src/pages/name/[nameId]/index.tsx

@@ -55,11 +55,17 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps<Data, Params> = async ctx =>
 
     return { props: { data, error: null, originalPath } };
   } catch (error) {
-    const { message, statusCode } = getErrorProperties(error);
-    ctx.res.statusCode = statusCode;
-    ctx.res.statusMessage = message;
+    const err = getErrorProperties(error);
+    ctx.res.statusCode = err.statusCode;
+    ctx.res.statusMessage = err.message;
 
-    return { props: { error: { message, statusCode }, data: null, originalPath } };
+    return {
+      props: {
+        error: { message: err.message, statusCode: err.statusCode, stack: err.format() },
+        data: null,
+        originalPath,
+      },
+    };
   }
 };
 

src/pages/title/[titleId]/index.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import ErrorInfo from 'src/components/error/ErrorInfo';
 import Media from 'src/components/media/Media';
 import { Basic, Cast, DidYouKnow, Info, MoreLikeThis, Reviews } from 'src/components/title';
 import Title from 'src/interfaces/shared/title';
-import { AppError } from 'src/interfaces/shared/error';
+import type { AppError } from 'src/interfaces/shared/error';
 import getOrSetApiCache from 'src/utils/getOrSetApiCache';
 import title from 'src/utils/fetchers/title';
 import { getErrorProperties, getProxiedIMDbImgUrl } from 'src/utils/helpers';
@@ -63,12 +63,18 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps<Data, Params> = async ctx =>
     const data = await getOrSetApiCache(titleKey(titleId), title, titleId);
 
     return { props: { data, error: null, originalPath } };
-  } catch (error) {
-    const { message, statusCode } = getErrorProperties(error);
-    ctx.res.statusCode = statusCode;
-    ctx.res.statusMessage = message;
+  } catch (e) {
+    const err = getErrorProperties(e);
+    ctx.res.statusCode = err.statusCode;
+    ctx.res.statusMessage = err.message;
 
-    return { props: { error: { message, statusCode }, data: null, originalPath } };
+    const error = {
+      message: err.message,
+      statusCode: err.statusCode,
+      stack: err.format(),
+    };
+    console.error(err);
+    return { props: { error, data: null, originalPath } };
   }
 };
 

src/styles/modules/components/error/error-info.module.scss

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   display: grid;
   justify-content: center;
   justify-items: center;
-  gap: var(--spacer-1);
+  gap: var(--comp-whitespace);
 
   @include helper.bp('bp-700') {
     --doc-whitespace: var(--spacer-5);
@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@
   text-align: center;
 }
 
+.stack {
+  max-width: 90%;
+  max-height: 20rem;
+  padding: var(--spacer-3);
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+  overflow: scroll;
+
+  user-select: all;
+
+  border-radius: var(--spacer-1);
+  background-color: var(--clr-bg-muted);
+}
+
 .button {
   align-self: end;
   

src/utils/helpers.ts

@@ -74,12 +74,33 @@ export const getProxiedIMDbImgUrl = (url: string) => {
 };
 
 export const AppError = class extends Error {
-  constructor(message: string, public statusCode: number, errorOptions?: unknown) {
-    const saneErrorOptions = getErrorOptions(errorOptions);
-    super(message, saneErrorOptions);
+  constructor(message: string, public statusCode: number, cause?: unknown) {
+    const _cause = cause ? AppError.toError(cause) : undefined;
+    super(message, { cause: _cause });
 
     Error.captureStackTrace(this, AppError);
-    if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') console.error(this);
+  }
+
+  static toError(err: unknown) {
+    if (err instanceof Error) return err;
+    return new Error(`Unexpected: ${JSON.stringify(err)}`);
+  }
+
+  format() {
+    let str = '';
+    let cur: Error | null = this;
+    let depth = 0;
+
+    while (cur && depth <= 4) {
+      if (cur.stack) str += `${cur.stack}\n`;
+      else str += `${cur.name}: ${cur.message}\n`;
+
+      cur = cur.cause instanceof Error ? cur.cause : null;
+      if (cur) str += 'Caused by:\n';
+      depth++;
+    }
+
+    return str.trimEnd();
   }
 };
 
@@ -110,19 +131,6 @@ export const isLocalStorageAvailable = () => {
   }
 };
 
-const getErrorOptions = (error: unknown): ErrorOptions | undefined => {
-  if (!error || typeof error !== 'object') return undefined;
-
-  let cause: unknown;
-  // @ts-expect-error it's not an error! just that project's ts version is old, which can't be upgraded
-  if ('cause' in error) cause = error.cause;
-  // @ts-expect-error it's not an error! just that project's ts version is old, which can't be upgraded
-  else if ('stack' in error) cause = error.stack;
-
-  // @ts-expect-error it's not an error! just that project's ts version is old, which can't be upgraded
-  return { cause };
-};
-
 export const getErrorProperties = (
   error: unknown,
   message = 'Something went very wrong',
@@ -130,4 +138,4 @@ export const getErrorProperties = (
 ) => {
   if (error instanceof AppError) return error;
   return new AppError(message, statusCode, error);
-};
+};