secondsky/claude-skills/api-error-handling

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Implements standardized API error responses with proper status codes, logging, and user-friendly messages. Use when building production APIs, implementing error recovery patterns, or integrating error monitoring services.

Install

npx vskill@latest install secondsky/claude-skills/api-error-handling

SKILL.md

API Error Handling

Implement robust error handling with standardized responses and proper logging.

Standard Error Response Format

json
{
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters",
"status": 400,
"requestId": "req_abc123",
"timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"details": [
{ "field": "email", "message": "Invalid email format" }
]
}
}

Error Class (Node.js)

javascript
class ApiError extends Error {
constructor(code, message, status = 500, details = null) {
super(message);
this.code = code;
this.status = status;
this.details = details;
}
static badRequest(message, details) {
return new ApiError('BAD_REQUEST', message, 400, details);
}
static notFound(resource) {
return new ApiError('NOT_FOUND', `${resource} not found`, 404);
}
static unauthorized() {
return new ApiError('UNAUTHORIZED', 'Authentication required', 401);
}
}
// Global error handler
app.use((err, req, res, next) => {
const status = err.status || 500;
const response = {
error: {
code: err.code || 'INTERNAL_ERROR',
message: status === 500 ? 'Internal server error' : err.message,
status,
requestId: req.id
}
};
if (err.details) response.error.details = err.details;
if (status >= 500) logger.error(err);
res.status(status).json(response);
});

Circuit Breaker Pattern

javascript
class CircuitBreaker {
constructor(threshold = 5, timeout = 30000) {
this.failures = 0;
this.threshold = threshold;
this.timeout = timeout;
this.state = 'CLOSED';
}
async call(fn) {
if (this.state === 'OPEN') throw new Error('Circuit open');
try {
const result = await fn();
this.failures = 0;
return result;
} catch (err) {
this.failures++;
if (this.failures >= this.threshold) {
this.state = 'OPEN';
setTimeout(() => this.state = 'HALF_OPEN', this.timeout);
}
throw err;
}
}
}

Additional Implementations

See references/python-flask.md for:

  • Python Flask error handling with custom exceptions
  • Circuit breaker with automatic recovery
  • Retry with exponential backoff
  • Sentry integration

Best Practices

  • Use consistent error format across all endpoints
  • Include request IDs for traceability
  • Log errors at appropriate severity levels
  • Never expose stack traces to clients
  • Distinguish client errors (4xx) from server errors (5xx)
  • Provide actionable error messages

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Source

Popularity

Repository stars
215
Repository forks
31
7-day trend score
27

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