n8n/packages/nodes-base/nodes/StopAndError/StopAndError.node.ts

import { IExecuteFunctions } from 'n8n-core';

import {
	INodeExecutionData,
	INodeType,
	INodeTypeDescription,
	jsonParse,
	NodeOperationError,
} from 'n8n-workflow';

const errorObjectPlaceholder = `{
	"code": "404",
	"description": "The resource could not be fetched"
}`;

export class StopAndError implements INodeType {
	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
		displayName: 'Stop and Error',
		name: 'stopAndError',
		icon: 'fa:exclamation-triangle',
		group: ['input'],
		version: 1,
		description: 'Throw an error in the workflow',
		defaults: {
			name: 'Stop and Error',
			color: '#ff0000',
		},
		inputs: ['main'],
		// eslint-disable-next-line n8n-nodes-base/node-class-description-outputs-wrong
		outputs: [],
		properties: [
			{
				displayName: 'Error Type',
				name: 'errorType',
				type: 'options',
				options: [
					{
						name: 'Error Message',
						value: 'errorMessage',
					},
					{
						name: 'Error Object',
						value: 'errorObject',
					},
				],
				default: 'errorMessage',
				description: 'Type of error to throw',
			},
			{
				displayName: 'Error Message',
				name: 'errorMessage',
				type: 'string',
				placeholder: 'An error occurred!',
				default: '',
				required: true,
				displayOptions: {
					show: {
						errorType: ['errorMessage'],
					},
				},
			},
			{
				displayName: 'Error Object',
				name: 'errorObject',
				type: 'json',
				description: 'Object containing error properties',
				default: '',
				typeOptions: {
					alwaysOpenEditWindow: true,
				},
				placeholder: errorObjectPlaceholder,
				required: true,
				displayOptions: {
					show: {
						errorType: ['errorObject'],
					},
				},
			},
		],
	};

	async execute(this: IExecuteFunctions): Promise<INodeExecutionData[][]> {
		const errorType = this.getNodeParameter('errorType', 0) as 'errorMessage' | 'errorObject';
		const { id: workflowId, name: workflowName } = this.getWorkflow();

		let toThrow: string | { name: string; message: string; [otherKey: string]: unknown };

		if (errorType === 'errorMessage') {
			toThrow = this.getNodeParameter('errorMessage', 0) as string;
		} else {
			const json = this.getNodeParameter('errorObject', 0) as string;

			const errorObject = jsonParse<any>(json);

			toThrow = {
				name: 'User-thrown error',
				message: `Workflow ID ${workflowId} "${workflowName}" has failed`,
				...errorObject,
			};
		}

		throw new NodeOperationError(this.getNode(), toThrow);
	}
}