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jason limmm
jason limmm
8,009 Points
Posted by jason limmm
jason limmm
8,009 Points

error code not displaying in error page

here is my code, i can't seem to figure out why my error code is not displaying in the erorr page.

app.use((req, res, next)=>{
    const error = new Error('uh no!!!! no money for us!!!');
    res.status(error.status);
    next(err);
});

app.use((err, req, res, next)=>{
    res.locals.error = error;
    res.render('error');
});

extends layout

block content
    h1 wa uh oh!!! no meny for us :(
    h2 i hate errors too, i also like moeny too you know....
    h3= error.status

1 Answer

Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
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Hey jason limmm 👋

You'll want to have a look at that first route where you're creating the error. You're storing it in the variable error but are then passing err to next, which is undefined. You may want to try and pass the error instead 🙂

Hope this helps