Throw HTTP Exceptions

You can use @tsed/exceptions or similar module to throw an http exception. All exceptions will be intercepted by the Global error handler and are sent to the client.

Here is an example:

import {Controller, Get, PathParams} from "@tsed/common";
import {BadRequest} from "@tsed/exceptions";

@Controller("/calendars")
export class CalendarCtrl {
  @Get("/:id")
  get(@PathParams("id") id: number): any {
    if (isNaN(+id)) {
      throw(new BadRequest("Not a number"));
    }

    return {id};
  }
}

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This example will produce a response with status code 400 and "Not a number" message. GlobalErrorHandlerMiddleware will catch and format the error before sending it to the client.

Create custom exception

It is also possible to create your own exception from any Exception of @tsed/exceptions and customize the response headers.

import {BadRequest} from "@tsed/exceptions";
import {ResponseErrorObject} from "@tsed/common";

export class RequiredUserName extends BadRequest implements ResponseErrorObject {
    headers = {};
    errors = [];

    constructor() {
        super("The name is required");
        this.headers["my-custom-header"] = "value";

        // you can also specify errors field for functional errors (like AJV validation).
        this.errors.push({
             dataPath: "",
             keyword: "required",
             message: "should have required property 'name'",
             modelName: "User",
             params: {
               missingProperty: "name"
             },
             schemaPath: "#/required"
        });
    }
}

Then in your controller:

import {Controller, Post, BodyParams} from "@tsed/common";
import {RequiredUserName} from "./RequiredUserName";
import {User} from "./models/User";

@Controller("/calendars")
export class CalendarCtrl {

    @Post()
    async create(
        @BodyParams() user: User
    ): any {

        if (!user.name) {
            throw(new RequiredUserName());
        }

       return user;
    }
}