Add content-negotiation

app/Container.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const errors = require('errors');
 const express = require('express');
+const negotiate = require('express-negotiate');
 const path = require('path');
 const autoLoad = require('./config/container-autoload');
 

app/config/error-handlers.js

@@ -8,15 +8,21 @@ const container = require('../Container');
 const app = container.get('app');
 const HTTP_CODE_MAP = require('http').STATUS_CODES;
 const errors = require('errors');
+const negotiate = require('express-negotiate');
 
 let errorHandlers = new Set([
 
-	function handle404(req, res, next) {
-		// if no route matches, send a 404
+	function handle400Errors(err, req, res, next) {
+
 		if (! req.route) {
-			let err = new errors.Http404Error();
-			return next(err);
+			// if no route matches, send a 404
+			err = new errors.Http404Error();
+		} else if (err instanceof negotiate.NotAcceptable) {
+			// if no content type matches, send a 406
+			err = new errors.Http406Error();
 		}
+
+		return next(err);
 	},
 
 	// general error handler
@@ -36,12 +42,19 @@ let errorHandlers = new Set([
 			output.error = err;
 		}
 
+		// Send html or json depending on client accept header
+		req.negotiate({
+			html: () => {
 				res.render('error', {
 					title: `${err.status} ${err.message}`,
 					error: output,
 				});
+			},
 
-		//res.json(output);
+			'application/json': () => {
+				res.json(output);
+			},
+		});
 	},
 ]);
 

app/controllers/index.js

@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ module.exports = {
 	'/': {
 		// Get homepage
 		get: (req, res) => {
+			req.negotiate({
+				html: () => {
 					return res.render('index', {
 						title: 'Blog test page',
 					});
 				},
+			});
+		},
 	},
 };

app/views/error.stache

@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@
 	<h2>{{error.message}}</h2>
 	{{#if error.error}}
 	<article>
+		<center>
 		<table>
 			<caption>Error Details</caption>
 			{{#each error as |value key|}}
 			<tr>
 				<td>{{key}}</td>
 				<td>{{value}}</td>
+			</tr>
 			{{/each}}
 		</table>
+		</center>
 	</article>
 	{{/if}}
 </main>

package.json

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "eslint": "^1.10.3",
     "express": "4.*",
     "express-handlebars": "^3.0.0",
+    "express-negotiate": "0.0.5",
     "express-session": "^1.13.0",
     "getargs": "0.0.8",
     "glob": "^6.0.4",