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utils/axiosInstance.js

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+const axios = require('axios').default;
+
+const axiosInstance = axios.create({
+  baseURL: 'https://www.imdb.com/',
+  timeout: 500000,
+});
+
+module.exports = axiosInstance;

utils/errorUtils.js

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+// class that'll make all errors in the app categorisable into operational and non-operational errors
+/**
+ * similar to Error class, but much cooler for this app
+ */
+exports.AppError = class extends Error {
+  /**
+   *
+   * @param {string} message message that'll show up on err.message
+   * @param {number} statusCode err status code
+   */
+  constructor(message, statusCode) {
+    super(message);
+
+    this.statusCode = statusCode || 500;
+    this.status = `${statusCode}`.startsWith('4') ? 'fail' : 'error';
+    this.isOperational = true;
+
+    // Error.captureStackTrace(this, this.constructor);
+  }
+};
+
+// alternative for the ugly trycatch blocks
+/**
+ *  wrapper for async functions in the controller
+ * @param {function} controller async function whose errors are to be caught
+ * @returns a function similar to express's middleware which executes all the logic of the passed function
+ */
+exports.catchErrors = function (controller) {
+  return (req, res, next) => {
+    controller(req, res, next).catch(err => next(err));
+  };
+};