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How to send consistent error responses from your Express API

6 min read When you’re building an API with Express it can be difficult to know how to send consistent error responses. The framework doesn’t seem to provide any special features for this, so you’re left to figure it out on your own. At some point you’ll probably find yourself wondering if you’re doing it “the right way”.

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5 best practices for building a modern API with Express

4 min read Jump links Enable the full use of promises and async / await 2. Validate request data with JSON Schema 3. Use an existing format for error responses 4. Send CORS response headers so web pages can call your API 5. Separate your concerns