wiki/examples/js/error-handling.md
import ccxt from '../../js/ccxt.js';
const verbose = process.argv.includes ('--verbose');
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const printSupportedExchanges = () => console.log ('Supported exchanges:', ccxt.exchanges.join (', '))
const printUsage = () => {
console.log ('Usage: node', process.argv[1], 'id'.green)
printSupportedExchanges ()
}
const run = async (id) => {
// check if the exchange is supported by ccxt
const exchangeFound = ccxt.exchanges.indexOf (id) > -1
if (exchangeFound) {
console.log ('Instantiating', id, 'exchange')
// instantiate the exchange by id
const exchange = new ccxt[id] ({ verbose })
// try to load markets and catch the errors if any
try {
await exchange.loadMarkets ()
} catch (e) {
if (e instanceof ccxt.NetworkError) {
console.log (exchange.id, 'loadMarkets failed due to a network error:', e.message)
} else if (e instanceof ccxt.ExchangeError) {
console.log (exchange.id, 'loadMarkets failed due to exchange error:', e.message)
} else {
console.log (exchange.id, 'loadMarkets failed with:', e.message)
}
// rethrow the error "higher up" the call chain
throw e
}
// try to fetch a ticker and catch the errors if any
try {
const symbol = 'ETH/BTC'
const response = await exchange.fetchTicker (symbol)
console.log (response)
} catch (e) {
if (e instanceof ccxt.NetworkError) {
console.log (exchange.id, 'fetchTicker failed due to a network error:', e.message)
} else if (e instanceof ccxt.ExchangeError) {
console.log (exchange.id, 'fetchTicker failed due to exchange error:', e.message)
} else {
console.log (exchange.id, 'fetchTicker failed with:', e.message)
}
// rethrow the error "higher up" the call chain
throw e
}
} else {
console.log ('Exchange', id, 'not found')
printSupportedExchanges ()
}
}
;(async function main () {
if (process.argv.length > 2) {
let id = process.argv[2]
await run (id)
} else {
printUsage ()
}
process.exit ()
}) ()