Errors with stack traces

To send stack traces to Rollbar, pass an Error instance in properties.error. The plugin forwards it to Rollbar’s error() / critical() methods so the stack is captured.

Example


try {
  await doSomething();
} catch (err) {
  await rollbarService.publish("API_ERROR", {
    pluginData: {
      RollbarPlugin: {
        properties: {
          error: err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(String(err)),
          path: "/api/orders",
          status: 500,
        },
      },
    },
  });
  throw err;
}

Catalog schema

Your catalog should declare error as "object" (the plugin accepts Error instances):


API_ERROR: {
  id: "API_ERROR",
  description: "API request failed",
  eventType: RollbarEventTypes.ERROR,
  properties: {
    error: "object",
    path: "string",
    status: "number",
  },
},

Message-only (no stack)

If you don’t pass an Error, Rollbar still receives the message and custom data; there just won’t be a stack trace:


await rollbarService.publish("API_ERROR", {
  pluginData: {
    RollbarPlugin: {
      properties: {
        message: "Payment failed",
        path: "/api/checkout",
        status: 402,
      },
    },
  },
});