Handle 404 Error with resource

Question

I have the following Middleware to protect my get-route.

function isAdmin(req, res, next) {
    if(req.user.role == "admin") {
        return next();
    }
    return res.send(404);
}

Is the way I send the error correct?

And this is my API call:

$scope.users = APIService.query({ route:'users' });

How, can I catch the 404 and do some stuff?

Thanks!

Answer 1

...so, there's a ton of stuff out there that turns up on search engines.

That said, try this as a quick fix that points in one direction you can take:

function isAdmin(req, res, next) {
    if(req.user.role == "admin") {
        return next();
    }
    res.status(404).send('You need to be admin to see this page');
}

There's good stuff on handling 404's at:

• The official Express docs on res.status
• How to programmatically send a 404 response with Express/Node?
• error handling examples from the express github page

The last one also provides examples on handling the error while rendering a template.