setErrorOption added to make trace optional in global error handler

Author: dev-rashedin

README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
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@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ yarn add express-error-toolkit
 pnpm add express-error-toolkit
 ```
 
+> ⚙️ Requires **Node.js v14 or higher**.
 > ℹ️ Make sure you have `express` installed in your project, as this toolkit is built specifically to enhance Express.js error handling.
 
 ---
@@ -126,11 +126,28 @@ import { globalErrorHandler } from 'express-error-toolkit';
 app.use(globalErrorHandler);
 ```
 
-In development mode (`NODE_ENV=development`), the error stack trace will be included in the response.
+By default, it includes stack trace in development (`NODE_ENV=development`).
+
+
+---
+
+### 5. **Set Options Globally (Optional)**
+
+You can configure the toolkit behavior (e.g., hide stack traces even in dev):
+
+```ts
+import { setToolkitOptions } from 'express-error-toolkit';
+
+setToolkitOptions({
+  showStack: false,
+});
+```
+
+This overrides the default behavior (based on `NODE_ENV` or `.env` file).
 
 ---
 
-### 5. **httpError()**: Create generic custom errors
+### 6. **httpError()**: Create generic custom errors
 
 ```ts
 import { httpError } from 'express-error-toolkit';
@@ -148,7 +165,7 @@ throw new BadRequestError('Generic client error');
 
 ---
 
-### 6. **isCustomAPIError()**: Type guard for checking error type
+### 7. **isCustomAPIError()**: Type guard for checking error type
 
 ```ts
 import { isCustomAPIError } from 'express-error-toolkit';
@@ -160,7 +177,7 @@ if (isCustomAPIError(err)) {
 
 ---
 
-### 7. **Bonus**: Use status codes directly (re-exported from http-status-toolkit)
+### 8. **Bonus**: Use status codes directly (re-exported from http-status-toolkit)
 
 ```ts
 import { StatusCodes, getStatusMessage } from 'express-error-toolkit';

src/global-error-handler.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,21 @@ import { StatusCodes, getStatusMessage } from 'http-status-toolkit';
 import { isCustomAPIError } from './checking-custom-api-error'; 
 import { CustomAPIError } from './error';
 
+// Internal config object (optional override)
+let errorOptions = {
+  showStack: process.env.SHOW_STACK !== 'false',
+};
+
+export function setErrorOptions(
+  options: Partial<typeof errorOptions>
+) {
+  errorOptions = {
+    ...errorOptions,
+    ...options,
+  };
+}
+
+
 export interface ErrorResponse {
   success: false;
   message: string;
@@ -21,6 +36,9 @@ export const globalErrorHandler = (
   let errorDetails: string | object | null | undefined;
   let stack: string | undefined;
 
+  const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV?.trim() === 'development';
+  const showStack = process.env.SHOW_STACK !== 'false'; 
+
   if (err instanceof Error) {
     if (isCustomAPIError(err)) {  
       const customErr = err as CustomAPIError;
@@ -42,12 +60,10 @@ export const globalErrorHandler = (
     errorResponse.errorDetails = errorDetails;
   }
 
-  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' && stack) {
-    errorResponse.stack = stack;
-  }
+  // if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' && stack) {
+  //   errorResponse.stack = stack;
+  // }
 
-  const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV?.trim() === 'development';
-  const showStack = process.env.SHOW_STACK !== 'false'; 
 
   if (isDev && stack && showStack) {
     errorResponse.stack = stack.split('\n').map((line) => line.trim());;

src/index.ts

@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 export {
-  BadRequestError,
   NotFoundError,
-  UnauthenticatedError,
   ConflictError,
-  TooManyRequestsError,
   CustomAPIError,
+  ForbiddenError,
+  BadRequestError,
   ValidationError,
-  ForbiddenError
+  UnauthenticatedError,
+  TooManyRequestsError
 } from '../src/error'; 
 
 
+export { httpError } from './http-error'
 export { asyncHandler } from './async-handler'
-export { globalErrorHandler } from './global-error-handler'
 export { notFoundHandler } from './not-found-handler'
-export {httpError} from './http-error'
+export { isCustomAPIError } from './checking-custom-api-error'
+export { globalErrorHandler, setErrorOptions } from './global-error-handler';
 
 
 export { StatusCodes, getStatusMessage } from 'http-status-toolkit'