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JavaScript Express Basics Middleware Error Handling Middleware

Julianna Kahn
Julianna Kahn
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Posted by Julianna Kahn
Julianna Kahn
20,702 Points

Error code 500 prints out on the page as the code says but Dev Tools show a status of 304.

Where would this status be coming from?

1 Answer

Matthew Pantel
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Matthew Pantel
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I know this is an older post, but figured I'd post this here incase anyone is having the same issue.

you would have to set the error status manually for the browser network tracer to capture it as a 500. I included the snippet below where this is done. 

app.use((req, res, next) => {
  console.log("Hello");
  const err = new Error("Oh Noes!");
  err.status = 500;
  next(err);
});

as you can see, I am manually setting the err.status to 500. This is how the browser will capture the 500 code within the network trace.