@metricinsights/pp-error-handler

React error handler for Metric Insights Portal Pages (Cutstom Apps) with smart error classification, network interception, and an overlay UI. Catches runtime errors, unhandled promises, network failures (fetch, XHR, Axios), and React render errors — all in one provider.

Features

• Automatic error capture — React render errors, unhandled rejections, global errors
• Network interception — Patches fetch() and XMLHttpRequest; optional Axios instance support
• Smart classification — Categorizes errors as Runtime, Network, API, Chunk Load, Render, or Unhandled Promise
• Two view modes — Friendly client view for end-users, detailed developer view with stack traces
• Network correlation — Buffers network errors and only shows the overlay when they surface as unhandled rejections
• Copy error reports — One-click text or JSON report for support/debugging
• Fully customizable — Custom fallback components, ignore patterns, error callbacks
• Zero runtime dependencies — Only requires React 18+ as a peer dependency

Installation

npm install @metricinsights/pp-error-handler

Peer dependencies: React 18+ and ReactDOM 18+ must be installed in your project.

Quick Start

1. Import the styles

Import the CSS file in your app entry point:

import '@metricinsights/pp-error-handler/styles.css';

2. Wrap your app with ErrorProvider

import { ErrorProvider } from '@metricinsights/pp-error-handler';

function App() {
  return (
    <ErrorProvider>
      <YourApp />
    </ErrorProvider>
  );
}

That's it! The error handler will now automatically catch and display errors.

Configuration

ErrorProvider Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
mode	'client' | 'dev' | 'auto'	'auto'	Initial view mode. 'auto' uses NODE_ENV to decide.
catchNetwork	boolean	true	Intercept fetch() and XMLHttpRequest failures.
axiosInstances	any[]	[]	Axios instances to attach interceptors to.
ignoreStatuses	number[]	[]	HTTP status codes to ignore (e.g., [401, 404]).
ignoreUrls	(string | RegExp)[]	[]	URL patterns to exclude from interception.
onError	(error: CapturedError) => void	—	Callback for every captured error (for Sentry, LogRocket, etc.).
maxLogSize	number	50	Maximum errors to keep in the error log.
dismissible	boolean	true in dev, false in prod	Whether the overlay can be dismissed.
fallback	React.ComponentType<{ error: CapturedError; dismiss: () => void }>	—	Custom component to replace the entire overlay.

Full Configuration Example

import { ErrorProvider } from '@metricinsights/pp-error-handler';
import '@metricinsights/pp-error-handler/styles.css';
import { apiClient } from './api';

function App() {
  return (
    <ErrorProvider
      mode="auto"
      catchNetwork={true}
      axiosInstances={[apiClient]}
      ignoreStatuses={[401, 404]}
      ignoreUrls={['/health', /\/analytics\//]}
      onError={(error) => {
        // Send to your error tracking service
        console.error('[ErrorHandler]', error.category, error.message);
      }}
      dismissible={true}
      maxLogSize={100}
    >
      <YourApp />
    </ErrorProvider>
  );
}

Hooks

useErrorHandler

Access error handler context for programmatic error reporting.

import { useErrorHandler } from '@metricinsights/pp-error-handler';

function MyComponent() {
  const { reportError, errorLog, clearLog, dismiss } = useErrorHandler();

  const handleAction = async () => {
    try {
      await riskyOperation();
    } catch (error) {
      reportError(error as Error, { context: 'MyComponent.handleAction' });
    }
  };

  return <button onClick={handleAction}>Do Something</button>;
}

API:

Method	Signature	Description
reportError	(error: Error | string, metadata?: Record<string, unknown>) => void	Manually report an error to show the overlay.
errorLog	CapturedError[]	List of all captured errors.
clearLog	() => void	Clear the error log.
dismiss	() => void	Dismiss the current overlay.

useNetworkStatus

Track the browser's network connectivity status.

import { useNetworkStatus } from '@metricinsights/pp-error-handler';

function NetworkIndicator() {
  const { online, effectiveType, downlink, rtt } = useNetworkStatus();

  return (
    <span>{online ? 'Online' : 'Offline'} ({effectiveType})</span>
  );
}

Axios Integration

Pass your Axios instances to ErrorProvider to intercept their errors. If no instances are provided, the Axios interceptor is not activated.

import axios from 'axios';
import { ErrorProvider } from '@metricinsights/pp-error-handler';

const apiClient = axios.create({ baseURL: '/api' });

function App() {
  return (
    <ErrorProvider axiosInstances={[apiClient]}>
      <YourApp />
    </ErrorProvider>
  );
}

Utilities

The package exports utility functions for advanced use cases:

import {
  classifyError,
  getErrorMeta,
  isErrorCritical,
  getFriendlyError,
  parseStack,
  buildTextReport,
  buildJsonReport,
  generateErrorId,
} from '@metricinsights/pp-error-handler';

// Classify an error
const category = classifyError(new TypeError('Cannot read properties of undefined'));
// => 'RUNTIME'

// Get metadata for a category
const meta = getErrorMeta('NETWORK');
// => { label: 'Network Error', icon: '🌐', color: '#f97316', tips: [...] }

// Build a copyable report from a CapturedError
const report = buildTextReport(capturedError);

Error Categories

Category	Description
RUNTIME	TypeError, ReferenceError, SyntaxError, RangeError
NETWORK	Network failures (no response, DNS, CORS)
API	HTTP errors (4xx, 5xx status codes)
CHUNK	Dynamic import / chunk loading failures
RENDER	React component render errors (caught by ErrorBoundary)
UNHANDLED_PROMISE	Unhandled promise rejections
UNKNOWN	Errors that don't match any other category

Custom Fallback Component

Replace the default overlay with your own UI:

import { ErrorProvider } from '@metricinsights/pp-error-handler';
import type { CapturedError } from '@metricinsights/pp-error-handler';

function CustomErrorUI({ error, dismiss }: { error: CapturedError; dismiss: () => void }) {
  return (
    <div className="my-error-overlay">
      <h1>Oops! Something went wrong</h1>
      <p>{error.message}</p>
      <button onClick={dismiss}>Dismiss</button>
      <button onClick={() => window.location.reload()}>Refresh</button>
    </div>
  );
}

function App() {
  return (
    <ErrorProvider fallback={CustomErrorUI}>
      <YourApp />
    </ErrorProvider>
  );
}

TypeScript

The package ships with full TypeScript declarations. Key types:

import type {
  CapturedError,
  ErrorCategory,
  ErrorMeta,
  StackFrame,
  NetworkErrorDetails,
  EnvironmentInfo,
  ErrorProviderProps,
  ErrorContextValue,
  UseErrorHandler,
  ViewMode,
  ProviderMode,
} from '@metricinsights/pp-error-handler';

License

MIT