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Error Handling

Both TypeScript and Python SDKs provide comprehensive error handling capabilities. The base error class is FathomError for both SDKs.

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Basic Error Handling

import { Fathom } from 'fathom-typescript';
import * as errors from 'fathom-typescript/models/errors';

const fathom = new Fathom({
  security: {
    apiKeyAuth: "YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});

try {
  const result = await fathom.listMeetings({});
  for await (const page of result) {
    console.log(page);
  }
} catch (error) {
  if (error instanceof errors.FathomError) {
    console.log(error.message);
    console.log(error.statusCode);
    console.log(error.body);
    console.log(error.headers);
  }
}

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Handle Specific Status Codes

import { Fathom } from 'fathom-typescript';
import * as errors from 'fathom-typescript/models/errors';

async function handleSpecificErrors() {
  const fathom = new Fathom({
    security: {
      apiKeyAuth: "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  });

  try {
    const result = await fathom.listMeetings({});
    return result;
  } catch (error) {
    if (error instanceof errors.FathomError) {
      switch (error.statusCode) {
        case 401:
          console.log("Authentication failed. Check your API key.");
          break;
        case 403:
          console.log("Access forbidden. Check your permissions.");
          break;
        case 404:
          console.log("Resource not found.");
          break;
        case 429:
          console.log("Rate limit exceeded. Try again later.");
          break;
        default:
          if (error.statusCode >= 500) {
            console.log("Server error. Try again later.");
          } else {
            console.log(`Unexpected error: ${error.message}`);
          }
      }
    }
    return null;
  }
}

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Error Classes

Primary error:
  • FathomError: The base class for HTTP error responses.
Network errors (TypeScript):
  • ConnectionError: HTTP client was unable to make a request to a server.
  • RequestTimeoutError: HTTP request timed out due to an AbortSignal signal.
  • RequestAbortedError: HTTP request was aborted by the client.
  • InvalidRequestError: Any input used to create a request is invalid.
  • UnexpectedClientError: Unrecognised or unexpected error.
Network errors (Python):
  • httpx.RequestError: Base class for request errors.
  • httpx.ConnectError: HTTP client was unable to make a request to a server.
  • httpx.TimeoutException: HTTP request timed out.
Inherit from FathomError:
  • ResponseValidationError: Type mismatch between the response data and the expected model structure.
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