Better error handling example with NodeJs & restify

app.js

// Demostrate how to handle error in nodejs server

var restify = require('restify');

function getHello(req, res, next) {
    throw new Error('standard error happens here');
}

function postHello(req, res, next) {
    throw new MyError('here is my error');
}

var server = restify.createServer();
server.get('/hello/:name', getHello);
server.post('/posthello/:name', postHello);

server.listen(8080, function() {
      console.log('%s listening at %s', server.name, server.url);
});

// custom your own error
function MyError(message) {
    this.message = message;
    Error.captureStackTrace(this, MyError);
}

MyError.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
MyError.prototype.constructor = MyError;
// end MyError

server.on('MethodNotAllowed', function (req, res, err) {
    console.log(err.stack);
    res.send(400, 'screw you!');
    //additional logging
    console.log('not allowed?');
});

server.on('uncaughtException', function (req, res, route, err) {
    console.log(route);     // log the route, woo...
    console.log(err.stack); // log the stack
    var message = 'WTF';
    if (err instanceof MyError) {
        message = err.message;
    }
    res.send(400, { message: message }); // status code can depend on the Error Type
});