How do you handle errors in Express?
Register an error-handling middleware at the end with four parameters: (err, req, res, next) => {}. In handlers, throw or call next(err). Use a custom ApiError class. Use an async wrapper to catch promise rejections.
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A function (req, res, next) that runs on every request. It can modify req, send a response, or call next. Examples: json parsing, auth, logging, error handling.
app is the Express application. router is a mini-app you mount with app.use('/path', router). Routers group routes by feature (auth, user, feed). You can mount many routers on one app.
Add app.use(express.json()) before your routes. req.body is then the parsed JSON object for any request with Content-Type: application/json.
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