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Functional `try-catch` wrapper for `promises`.
## Install
```
npm i try-to-catch
```
## API
### tryToCatch(fn, [...args])
Wrap function to avoid `try-catch` block, resolves `[error, result]`;
### Example
Simplest example with `async-await`:
```js
const tryToCatch = require('try-to-catch');
await tryToCatch(Promise.reject('hi'));
// returns
[ Error: hi]
```
Can be used with functions:
```js
const tryToCatch = require('try-to-catch');
await tryToCatch(() => 5);
// returns
[null, 5]
```
Advanced example:
```js
const fs = require('fs');
const tryToCatch = require('try-to-catch');
const {promisify} = require('util');
const readFile = promisify(fs.readFile);
const readDir = promisify(fs.readdir);
read(process.argv[2])
.then(console.log)
.catch(console.error);
async function read(path) {
const [error, data] = await tryToCatch(readFile, path, 'utf8');
if (!error)
return data;
if (error.code !== 'EISDIR')
return error;
return await readDir(path);
}
```
## Environments
In old `node.js` environments that not fully supports `es2015`, `try-to-catch` can be used with:
```js
var tryToCatch = require('try-to-catch/legacy');
```
## Related
- [try-catch](https://github.com/coderaiser/try-catch "try-catch") - functional try-catch wrapper.
## License
MIT