habitica/website/server/libs/apiError.js

// apiError(key) will be called by all controllers / api tests
// it includes the api- and commonErrors, since common-ops are used in the api too

import _ from 'lodash';

import common from '../../common';

const commonErrors = common.errorMessages.common;
const apiErrors = common.errorMessages.api;

export default function apiError (msgKey, vars = {}) {
  let message = apiErrors[msgKey];
  if (!message) message = commonErrors[msgKey];
  if (!message) throw new Error(`Error processing the API message "${msgKey}".`);

  const clonedVars = vars ? _.clone(vars) : {};

  // TODO cache the result of template() ? More memory usage, faster output
  return _.template(message)(clonedVars);
}