The guru package allows adding a Guru Meditation Number to errors:
// Error constants.
const (
CodeFruitOverflow = iota + 1
CodeBoozeUnderrun
CodeExpired
)
func Example() {
// Construct a new error.
err := guru.New(CodeFruitOverflow, "too many bananas")
fmt.Println(err) // error 1: too many bananas
// Retrieve the error code
code := guru.Code(err)
fmt.Println(code) // 1
// Add error code to existing error.
err = errors.New("not enough beer")
err = guru.WithCode(CodeBoozeUnderrun, err)
fmt.Println(err) // error 2: not enough beer
// Add error code to existing error with context.
err = errors.New("Dennis Ritchie")
err = guru.Wrap(CodeExpired, err, "no longer with us")
fmt.Println(err) // error 3: Dennis Ritchie: no longer with us
// For HTTP applications, it may be useful to directly the HTTP status codes:
err = guru.New(http.StatusNotAcceptable, "Justin Bieber")
fmt.Println(err) // error 406: Justin Bieber
// Error codes can be overriden:
err = guru.New(1, "oh noes")
err = guru.WithCode(2, err)
fmt.Println(guru.Code(err)) // 2
}
guru is built on top of github.com/pkg/errors; all errors that guru returns are github.com/pkg/errors.