feat: Sensible non-Error exception serializer

src/raven.js

@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 
 var TraceKit = require('../vendor/TraceKit/tracekit');
 var stringify = require('../vendor/json-stringify-safe/stringify');
+var md5 = require('../vendor/md5/md5');
 var RavenConfigError = require('./configError');
 
 var utils = require('./utils');
 var isError = utils.isError;
 var isObject = utils.isObject;
+var isPlainObject = utils.isPlainObject;
 var isErrorEvent = utils.isErrorEvent;
 var isUndefined = utils.isUndefined;
 var isFunction = utils.isFunction;
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ var parseUrl = utils.parseUrl;
 var fill = utils.fill;
 var supportsFetch = utils.supportsFetch;
 var supportsReferrerPolicy = utils.supportsReferrerPolicy;
+var serializeKeysForMessage = utils.serializeKeysForMessage;
+var serializeException = utils.serializeException;
 
 var wrapConsoleMethod = require('./console').wrapMethod;
 
@@ -456,23 +460,34 @@ Raven.prototype = {
    */
   captureException: function(ex, options) {
     options = objectMerge({trimHeadFrames: 0}, options ? options : {});
-    // Cases for sending ex as a message, rather than an exception
-    var isNotError = !isError(ex);
-    var isNotErrorEvent = !isErrorEvent(ex);
-    var isErrorEventWithoutError = isErrorEvent(ex) && !ex.error;
-
-    if ((isNotError && isNotErrorEvent) || isErrorEventWithoutError) {
-      return this.captureMessage(
-        ex,
-        objectMerge(options, {
-          stacktrace: true, // if we fall back to captureMessage, default to attempting a new trace
-          trimHeadFrames: options.trimHeadFrames + 1
-        })
-      );
-    }
 
-    // Get actual Error from ErrorEvent
-    if (isErrorEvent(ex)) ex = ex.error;
+    if (isPlainObject(ex)) {
+      // If it is plain Object, serialize it manually and extract options
+      // This will allow us to group events based on top-level keys
+      // which is much better than creating new group when any key/value change
+      options = this._getCaptureExceptionOptionsFromPlainObject(options, ex);
+      ex = new Error(options.message);
+
+    } else if (isErrorEvent(ex) && ex.error) {
+      // If it is an ErrorEvent with `error` property, extract it to get actual Error
+      ex = ex.error;
+    } else if (isError(ex)){
+      // we have a real Error object
+      ex = ex;
+    } else {
+        // If none of previous checks were valid, then it means that 
+        // it's not a plain Object
+        // it's not a valid ErrorEvent (one with an error property)
+        // it's not an Error
+        // So bail out and capture it as a simple message:
+        return this.captureMessage(
+            ex,
+            objectMerge(options, {
+              stacktrace: true, // if we fall back to captureMessage, default to attempting a new trace
+              trimHeadFrames: options.trimHeadFrames + 1
+            })
+          );
+    }
 
     // Store the raw exception object for potential debugging and introspection
     this._lastCapturedException = ex;
@@ -494,6 +509,19 @@ Raven.prototype = {
     return this;
   },
 
+  _getCaptureExceptionOptionsFromPlainObject: function(currentOptions, ex) {
+    var exKeys = Object.keys(ex).sort();
+    var options = objectMerge(currentOptions, {
+      message:
+        'Non-Error exception captured with keys: ' + serializeKeysForMessage(exKeys),
+      fingerprint: [md5(exKeys)],
+      extra: currentOptions.extra || {}
+    });
+    options.extra.__serialized__ = serializeException(ex);
+
+    return options;
+  },
+
   /*
      * Manually send a message to Sentry
      *

src/utils.js

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+var stringify = require('../vendor/json-stringify-safe/stringify');
+
 var _window =
   typeof window !== 'undefined'
     ? window
@@ -441,6 +443,98 @@ function safeJoin(input, delimiter) {
   return output.join(delimiter);
 }
 
+// Default Node.js REPL depth
+var MAX_SERIALIZE_EXCEPTION_DEPTH = 3;
+// 50kB, as 100kB is max payload size, so half sounds reasonable
+var MAX_SERIALIZE_EXCEPTION_SIZE = 50 * 1024;
+var MAX_SERIALIZE_KEYS_LENGTH = 40;
+
+function utf8Length(value) {
+  return ~-encodeURI(value).split(/%..|./).length;
+}
+
+function jsonSize(value) {
+  return utf8Length(JSON.stringify(value));
+}
+
+function serializeValue(value) {
+  var maxLength = 40;
+
+  if (typeof value === 'string') {
+    return value.length <= maxLength ? value : value.substr(0, maxLength - 1) + '\u2026';
+  } else if (
+    typeof value === 'number' ||
+    typeof value === 'boolean' ||
+    typeof value === 'undefined'
+  ) {
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  var type = Object.prototype.toString.call(value);
+
+  // Node.js REPL notation
+  if (type === '[object Object]') return '[Object]';
+  if (type === '[object Array]') return '[Array]';
+  if (type === '[object Function]')
+    return value.name ? '[Function: ' + value.name + ']' : '[Function]';
+
+  return value;
+}
+
+function serializeObject(value, depth) {
+  if (depth === 0) return serializeValue(value);
+
+  if (isPlainObject(value)) {
+    return Object.keys(value).reduce(function(acc, key) {
+      acc[key] = serializeObject(value[key], depth - 1);
+      return acc;
+    }, {});
+  } else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return value.map(function(val) {
+      return serializeObject(val, depth - 1);
+    });
+  }
+
+  return serializeValue(value);
+}
+
+function serializeException(ex, depth, maxSize) {
+  if (!isPlainObject(ex)) return ex;
+
+  depth = typeof depth !== 'number' ? MAX_SERIALIZE_EXCEPTION_DEPTH : depth;
+  maxSize = typeof depth !== 'number' ? MAX_SERIALIZE_EXCEPTION_SIZE : maxSize;
+
+  var serialized = serializeObject(ex, depth);
+
+  if (jsonSize(stringify(serialized)) > maxSize) {
+    return serializeException(ex, depth - 1);
+  }
+
+  return serialized;
+}
+
+function serializeKeysForMessage(keys, maxLength) {
+  if (typeof keys === 'number' || typeof keys === 'string') return keys.toString();
+  if (!Array.isArray(keys)) return '';
+
+  keys = keys.filter(function(key) {
+    return typeof key === 'string';
+  });
+  if (keys.length === 0) return '[object has no keys]';
+
+  maxLength = typeof maxLength !== 'number' ? MAX_SERIALIZE_KEYS_LENGTH : maxLength;
+  if (keys[0].length >= maxLength) return keys[0];
+
+  for (var usedKeys = keys.length; usedKeys > 0; usedKeys--) {
+    var serialized = keys.slice(0, usedKeys).join(', ');
+    if (serialized.length > maxLength) continue;
+    if (usedKeys === keys.length) return serialized;
+    return serialized + '\u2026';
+  }
+
+  return '';
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   isObject: isObject,
   isError: isError,
@@ -470,5 +564,7 @@ module.exports = {
   isSameStacktrace: isSameStacktrace,
   parseUrl: parseUrl,
   fill: fill,
-  safeJoin: safeJoin
+  safeJoin: safeJoin,
+  serializeException: serializeException,
+  serializeKeysForMessage: serializeKeysForMessage
 };

test/integration/test.js

@@ -106,11 +106,8 @@ describe('integration', function() {
         },
         function() {
           var ravenData = iframe.contentWindow.ravenData[0];
-          assert.isAtLeast(ravenData.stacktrace.frames.length, 1);
-          assert.isAtMost(ravenData.stacktrace.frames.length, 3);
-
-          // verify trimHeadFrames hasn't slipped into final payload
-          assert.isUndefined(ravenData.trimHeadFrames);
+          assert.isAtLeast(ravenData.exception.values[0].stacktrace.frames.length, 1);
+          assert.isAtMost(ravenData.exception.values[0].stacktrace.frames.length, 3);
         }
       );
     });

test/raven.test.js

@@ -3079,13 +3079,6 @@ describe('Raven (public API)', function() {
       });
     }
 
-    it('should send non-Errors as messages', function() {
-      this.sinon.stub(Raven, 'isSetup').returns(true);
-      this.sinon.stub(Raven, 'captureMessage');
-      Raven.captureException({}, {foo: 'bar'});
-      assert.isTrue(Raven.captureMessage.calledOnce);
-    });
-
     it('should call handleStackInfo', function() {
       var error = new Error('pickleRick');
       this.sinon.stub(Raven, 'isSetup').returns(true);
@@ -3156,6 +3149,70 @@ describe('Raven (public API)', function() {
         Raven.captureException(new Error('err'));
       });
     });
+
+    it('should serialize non-error exceptions', function(done) {
+      this.sinon.stub(Raven, 'isSetup').returns(true);
+      this.sinon.stub(Raven, '_send').callsFake(function stubbedSend(kwargs) {
+        kwargs.message.should.equal(
+          'Non-Error exception captured with keys: aKeyOne, bKeyTwo, cKeyThree, dKeyFour\u2026'
+        );
+
+        var serialized = kwargs.extra.__serialized__;
+        var fn;
+
+        // Yes, I know, it's ugly but...
+        // unfortunately older browsers are not capable of extracting method names
+        // therefore we have to use `oneOf` here
+        fn = serialized.eKeyFive;
+        delete serialized.eKeyFive;
+        assert.oneOf(fn, ['[Function: foo]', '[Function]']);
+
+        fn = serialized.fKeySix.levelTwo.levelThreeAnonymousFunction;
+        delete serialized.fKeySix.levelTwo.levelThreeAnonymousFunction;
+        assert.oneOf(fn, ['[Function: levelThreeAnonymousFunction]', '[Function]']);
+
+        fn = serialized.fKeySix.levelTwo.levelThreeNamedFunction;
+        delete serialized.fKeySix.levelTwo.levelThreeNamedFunction;
+        assert.oneOf(fn, ['[Function: bar]', '[Function]']);
+
+        assert.deepEqual(serialized, {
+          aKeyOne: 'a',
+          bKeyTwo: 42,
+          cKeyThree: {},
+          dKeyFour: ['d'],
+          fKeySix: {
+            levelTwo: {
+              levelThreeObject: '[Object]',
+              levelThreeArray: '[Array]',
+              levelThreeString: 'foo',
+              levelThreeNumber: 42
+            }
+          }
+        });
+
+        done();
+      });
+
+      Raven.captureException({
+        aKeyOne: 'a',
+        bKeyTwo: 42,
+        cKeyThree: {},
+        dKeyFour: ['d'],
+        eKeyFive: function foo() {},
+        fKeySix: {
+          levelTwo: {
+            levelThreeObject: {
+              enough: 42
+            },
+            levelThreeArray: [42],
+            levelThreeAnonymousFunction: function() {},
+            levelThreeNamedFunction: function bar() {},
+            levelThreeString: 'foo',
+            levelThreeNumber: 42
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('.captureBreadcrumb', function() {