improve error logging

backend/src/server.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import HTTPCodes from "simple-http-codes";
 import timeoutMiddleware from "./routes/middleware/timeout.middleware";
 import router from "./routes/router";
 import HttpError from "../../shared/types/HttpError/HttpError.type";
+import { inspect } from "node:util";
+
 const server = express();
 server.use(morgan("dev"));
 server.use(
@@ -36,9 +38,10 @@ server.use(
 	(error: Error, _req: Request, res: Response, _next: NextFunction) => {
 		if (error instanceof HttpError) {
 			error.log();
-			return res
-				.status(error.statusCode)
-				.json({ ...error, data: error.message });
+			return res.status(error.statusCode).json({
+				...error,
+				data: inspect(error.message, { depth: null }),
+			});
 		}
 
 		console.error(error);

shared/types/HttpError/HttpError.type.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { ErrorCodes, ErrorNames, ErrorNumbers } from "./ErrorCodes.type";
 import HttpErrorContext from "./HttpErrorContext.type";
-
 const getErrorName = (code: ErrorNumbers) =>
 	[...Object.entries(ErrorCodes)].filter((entry) => entry[1] === code)[0][0];
 
@@ -29,11 +28,6 @@ export default class HttpError extends Error {
 	}
 
 	log() {
-		console.error(
-			this.statusCode,
-			this.name,
-			this.message,
-			this.context || ""
-		);
+		console.dir(this, { depth: null });
 	}
 }