How do I fill errors

[michaelakin]

I have tried a few things and don't see any difference for RootCause and I wonder how to fill in the errors instead of Reasons.

Here is my code:

                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    var error = new Error(ex.Message);
                    return Results.BadRequest(Result.Fail(new Error(ex.Message).CausedBy(ex)));
                }

And here is what I got as a result:

{
  "isFailed": true,
  "isSuccess": false,
  "reasons": [
    {
      "message": "Invalid code provided, please request a code again.",
      "metadata": {}
    }
  ],
  "errors": [
    {
      "reasons": [
        {
          "reasons": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "successes": []
}

I am sure I missed something in the documentation.

Also, how have people converted the results of FluentValidation into your model so we only return 1 type of object back instead of several different kinds of error models.

[altmann]

Hi,

• if you debug the result object before you pass it in the BadRequest() method then you should see one error object in the Errors property of the result object. This error object should have a property Reasons which contain one ExceptionalError object with the property Exception. This property should contain your exception. If you can't see that please let me know. I also debugged it in my test suite and there it works.
• Please don't serialize result objects - result objects are not designed to serialize it. Because of that you see a json in your scenario which is is not perfect. Details see
  • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72608656/fluentresults-throws-invalidoprationexception-on-getting-or-serializing-value
  • and some issues here - search for "serialize"

[michaelakin]

Since we should not serialize the object, I think you are saying to not use this as the return object for WebApi calls. Am I understanding this correctly?

[altmann]

yes thats correct. Iam currently create a new package exactly for that scenario - details see #149
I think I will release a preview version of it in the next weeks.

[michaelakin]

Thanks, I will look for it, but I have to create something now I think.