Sinatra Exception Handling

gistfile1.txt

class App < Sinatra::Base

  configure :development do
    set :raise_errors, true
    #when set to true display a nice exception page for dev but prevent exception handler from working
    set :show_exceptions, false
  end
    
  get '/someroute' do
    MyModel.might_generate_an_exception
    status 200
  end
  
  error ValidationError do
    if settings.environment == :development
      env['sinatra.error'].message
    else
      #I don't want to tell you what happened you just messed up!
      halt 400
    end
  end
  
end


class ValidationError < Exception; end


class MyModel
  if edge_case
    raise ValidationError, 'Hey this is coming from my model class!'
  end
end