clean-stack

Clean up error stack traces

Removes the mostly unhelpful internal Node.js entries.

Also works in Electron.

Install

$ npm install clean-stack

Usage

const cleanStack = require('clean-stack');

const error = new Error('Missing unicorn');

console.log(error.stack);
/*
Error: Missing unicorn
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/sindresorhus/dev/clean-stack/unicorn.js:2:15)
    at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:441:10)
    at startup (node.js:139:18)
*/

console.log(cleanStack(error.stack));
/*
Error: Missing unicorn
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/sindresorhus/dev/clean-stack/unicorn.js:2:15)
*/

API

cleanStack(stack, [options])

stack

Type: string

The stack property of an Error.

options

Type: Object

pretty

Type: boolean
Default: false

Prettify the file paths in the stack:

/Users/sindresorhus/dev/clean-stack/unicorn.js:2:15 → ~/dev/clean-stack/unicorn.js:2:15

Related

• extrack-stack - Extract the actual stack of an error
• stack-utils - Captures and cleans stack traces

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus