Global Error Handler

globalErrorHandler.js

(function(){

/**
 * Capture error data for debugging in web console.
 */

var captures = [];

/**
 * Wait until `window.onload`, so any external scripts
 * you might load have a chance to set their own error handlers,
 * which we don't want to override.
 */

window.addEventListener('load', onload);

/**
 * Custom global function to standardize 
 * window.onerror so it works like you'd think.
 *
 * @see http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/events/error.html
 */

window.onanyerror = window.onanyerror || onanyerrorx;

/**
 * Hook up all error handlers after window loads.
 */

function onload() {
  handleGlobal();
  handleXMLHttp();
  handleImage();
  handleScript();
  handleEvents();
}

/**
 * Handle global window events.
 */

function handleGlobal() {
  var onerrorx = window.onerror;
  window.addEventListener('error', onerror);

  function onerror(msg, url, line, col, error) {
    window.onanyerror.apply(this, arguments);
    if (onerrorx) return onerrorx.apply(null, arguments);
  }
}

/**
 * Handle ajax request errors.
 */

function handleXMLHttp() {
  var sendx = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send;
  window.XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send = function(){
    handleAsync(this);
    return sendx.apply(this, arguments);
  };
}

/**
 * Handle image errors.
 */

function handleImage() {
  var ImageOriginal = window.Image;
  window.Image = ImageOverride;

  /**
   * New `Image` constructor. Might cause some problems,
   * but not sure yet. This is at least a start, and works on chrome.
   */

  function ImageOverride() {
    var img = new ImageOriginal;
    onnext(function(){ handleAsync(img); });
    return img;
  }
}

/**
 * Handle script errors.
 */

function handleScript() {
  var HTMLScriptElementOriginal = window.HTMLScriptElement;
  window.HTMLScriptElement = HTMLScriptElementOverride;

  /**
   * New `HTMLScriptElement` constructor.
   *
   * Allows us to globally override onload.
   * Not ideal to override stuff, but it helps with debugging.
   */

  function HTMLScriptElementOverride() {
    var script = new HTMLScriptElement;
    onnext(function(){ handleAsync(script); });
    return script;
  }
}

/**
 * Handle errors in events.
 *
 * @see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/951791/javascript-global-error-handling/31750604#31750604
 */

function handleEvents() {
  var addEventListenerx = window.EventTarget.prototype.addEventListener;
  window.EventTarget.prototype.addEventListener = addEventListener;
  var removeEventListenerx = window.EventTarget.prototype.removeEventListener;
  window.EventTarget.prototype.removeEventListener = removeEventListener;

  function addEventListener(event, handler, bubble) {
    var handlerx = wrap(handler);
    return addEventListenerx.call(this, event, handlerx, bubble);
  }

  function removeEventListener(event, handler, bubble) {
    handler = handler._witherror || handler;
    removeEventListenerx.call(this, event, handler, bubble);
  }

  function wrap(fn) {
    fn._witherror = witherror;

    function witherror() {
      try {
        fn.apply(this, arguments);
      } catch(e) {
        window.onanyerror.apply(this, e);
        throw e;
      }
    }
    return fn;
  }
}

/**
 * Handle image/ajax request errors generically.
 */

function handleAsync(obj) {
  var onerrorx = obj.onerror;
  obj.onerror = onerror;
  var onabortx = obj.onabort;
  obj.onabort = onabort;
  var onloadx = obj.onload;
  obj.onload = onload;

  /**
   * Handle `onerror`.
   */

  function onerror(error) {
    window.onanyerror.call(this, error);
    if (onerrorx) return onerrorx.apply(this, arguments);
  };

  /**
   * Handle `onabort`.
   */

  function onabort(error) {
    window.onanyerror.call(this, error);
    if (onabortx) return onabortx.apply(this, arguments);
  };

  /**
   * Handle `onload`.
   *
   * For images, you can get a 403 response error,
   * but this isn't triggered as a global on error.
   * This sort of standardizes it.
   *
   * "there is no way to get the HTTP status from a 
   * request made by an img tag in JavaScript."
   * @see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8108636/how-to-get-http-status-code-of-img-tags/8108646#8108646
   */

  function onload(request) {
    if (request.status && request.status >= 400) {
      window.onanyerror.call(this, request);
    }
    if (onloadx) return onloadx.apply(this, arguments);
  }
}

/**
 * Generic error handler.
 *
 * This shows the basic implementation, 
 * which you could override in your app.
 */

function onanyerrorx(entity) {
  var display = entity;

  // ajax request
  if (entity instanceof XMLHttpRequest) {
    // 400: http://example.com/image.png
    display = entity.status + ' ' + entity.responseURL;
  } else if (entity instanceof Event) {
    // global window events, or image events
    var target = entity.currentTarget;
    display = target;
  } else {
    // not sure if there are others
  }

  capture(entity);
  console.log('[onanyerror]', display, entity);
}

/**
 * Capture stuff for debugging purposes.
 *
 * Keep them in memory so you can reference them
 * in the chrome debugger as `onanyerror0` up to `onanyerror99`.
 */

function capture(entity) {
  captures.push(entity);
  if (captures.length > 100) captures.unshift();

  // keep the last ones around
  var i = captures.length;
  while (--i) {
    var x = captures[i];
    window['onanyerror' + i] = x;
  }
}

/**
 * Wait til next code execution cycle as fast as possible.
 */

function onnext(fn) {
  setTimeout(fn, 0);
}

})();