Web Frameworks

masterror maps errors to HTTP at the transport boundary. Domain code returns AppResult<T>; the framework adapter converts the error into an RFC 7807 application/problem+json response, flushes telemetry and applies redaction. There is exactly one IntoResponse / ResponseError implementation for AppError in the crate — you never write the mapping by hand.

Feature flags

[dependencies]
masterror = { version = "0.28", features = ["axum"] }   # or ["actix"]

Wire format

Both adapters serialize ProblemJson:

Transport hints become headers, not body fields:

• AppError::with_retry_after_secs(n) → Retry-After: n
• AppError::with_www_authenticate(challenge) → WWW-Authenticate: challenge

Internal sources (std::error::Error chain) are logged only and never serialized to clients.

Axum

The axum feature implements IntoResponse for AppError, ProblemJson and ErrorResponse, plus an inherent AppError::http_status() returning axum::http::StatusCode derived from the error kind. Converting to a response flushes telemetry (tracing event, metrics counter, lazy backtrace) — see Observability.

use axum::{Router, routing::get};
use masterror::{AppError, AppResult};

async fn handler() -> AppResult<&'static str> {
    Err(AppError::forbidden("no access"))
}

let app: Router = Router::new().route("/demo", get(handler));

A 401 with hints:

use masterror::AppError;

let err = AppError::unauthorized("missing token")
    .with_retry_after_secs(7)
    .with_www_authenticate("Bearer realm=\"api\"");

produces status 401, headers Retry-After: 7 and WWW-Authenticate: Bearer realm="api", and body:

{
  "type": "https://errors.masterror.rs/unauthorized",
  "title": "Unauthorized",
  "status": 401,
  "detail": "missing token",
  "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
  "grpc": { "name": "UNAUTHENTICATED", "value": 16 }
}

Domain errors in handlers

The pattern from examples/axum-rest-api: derive a domain enum, convert it to AppError once, then reuse the crate’s IntoResponse.

use axum::response::{IntoResponse, Response};
use masterror::{AppError, Error};

#[derive(Debug, Error, Clone)]
pub enum UserError {
    #[error("user not found")]
    NotFound,
    #[error("email already exists")]
    DuplicateEmail,
    #[error("invalid email format")]
    InvalidEmail
}

impl From<UserError> for AppError {
    fn from(err: UserError) -> Self {
        match err {
            UserError::NotFound => AppError::not_found(err.to_string()),
            UserError::DuplicateEmail => AppError::conflict(err.to_string()),
            UserError::InvalidEmail => AppError::validation(err.to_string())
        }
    }
}

impl IntoResponse for UserError {
    fn into_response(self) -> Response {
        AppError::from(self).into_response()
    }
}

With #[app_error(kind = ..., code = ...)] on the derive, the From<UserError> for AppError impl is generated for you — see Derive Macros.

Actix Web

The actix feature implements actix_web::ResponseError for AppError, so handlers returning AppResult<T> work out of the box. error_response() emits telemetry and builds the same problem+json payload via ProblemJson::from_ref.

use actix_web::{App, HttpServer, get};
use masterror::{AppError, AppResult};

#[get("/forbidden")]
async fn forbidden() -> AppResult<&'static str> {
    Err(AppError::forbidden("no access"))
}

#[actix_web::main]
async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
    HttpServer::new(|| App::new().service(forbidden))
        .bind(("127.0.0.1", 8080))?
        .run()
        .await
}

The client receives 403 with:

{
  "type": "https://errors.masterror.rs/forbidden",
  "title": "Forbidden",
  "status": 403,
  "detail": "no access",
  "code": "FORBIDDEN",
  "grpc": { "name": "PERMISSION_DENIED", "value": 7 }
}

ProblemJson and ErrorResponse also implement Responder, so a handler can return them directly. Status mapping uses the same stable AppErrorKind → StatusCode table as Axum.

Multipart

multipart (implies axum) converts axum::extract::multipart::MultipartError into Error with AppErrorKind::BadRequest, preserving the parser message:

use axum::extract::multipart::Multipart;
use masterror::{AppErrorKind, Error};

async fn upload(mut multipart: Multipart) -> Result<(), Error> {
    while let Some(field) = multipart.next_field().await? {
        let _ = field.bytes().await?;
    }
    Ok(())
}

Malformed client payloads surface as 400 Bad Request instead of a 500.

Building responses manually

For tests or custom transports, construct the payload without a framework:

use masterror::{AppError, ProblemJson};

let problem = ProblemJson::from_app_error(AppError::not_found("resource not found"));
assert_eq!(problem.status, 404);
assert_eq!(problem.code.as_str(), "NOT_FOUND");

ProblemJson::from_ref(&err) borrows instead of consuming, and ProblemJson::from_error_response(resp) upgrades the legacy ErrorResponse wire type.

See also: Error Kinds & Codes · Integrations · Observability · Feature Flags