Hello! I am currently doing some error handling in my app and I noticed, that I can't find any good way to programatically check what the exact error was.
Take the following code as an example
try {
account = await _account.create(
userId: ID.unique(),
name: username,
email: email,
password: password,
);
} on AppwriteException catch (e) {
if(e.code == 400 && e.type == 'general_argument_invalid') {
}
}
The create account method can give multiple exceptions. I can access e.code with the response code and e.type. These two give me some information on what happened, but to really check what has happended I need to check e.message. But I don't feel like e.message is a good approach. The e.message is written in a good human readable form, making it difficult to check. E.g. the e.mesage for when the password is invalid would be: Invalid password: Password must be at least 8 characters and should not be one of the commonly used password.
I can't just do e.message = 'Invalid password: Password must be at least 8 characters and should not be one of the commonly used password.', because this message is something that could change very fast in the sdk or somewhere else. So what is the recommended approach to handle specific errors?
TL;DR
The user is looking for the best approach to handle errors in their app. They are currently using a try-catch block to catch exceptions and want to programmatically check the exact error that occurred. They are concerned about relying on the e.message property as it may change in the future.
The recommended approach is to use the e.code and e.type properties to identify the type of error. In the given example, the user checks if the code is 400 and the type is 'general_argument_invalid'. This can indicate that the email is not provided correctly or the password is not strong enough. Instead of relying solely on the e.message property,
