feat(package): export a root error type

src/core.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import { VERSION } from './version';
 import { Stream } from './streaming';
-import { APIError, APIConnectionError, APIConnectionTimeoutError, APIUserAbortError } from './error';
+import {
+  OpenAIError,
+  APIError,
+  APIConnectionError,
+  APIConnectionTimeoutError,
+  APIUserAbortError,
+} from './error';
 import {
   kind as shimsKind,
   type Readable,
@@ -440,7 +446,7 @@ export abstract class APIClient {
         if (value === null) {
           return `${encodeURIComponent(key)}=`;
         }
-        throw new Error(
+        throw new OpenAIError(
           `Cannot stringify type ${typeof value}; Expected string, number, boolean, or null. If you need to pass nested query parameters, you can manually encode them, e.g. { query: { 'foo[key1]': value1, 'foo[key2]': value2 } }, and please open a GitHub issue requesting better support for your use case.`,
         );
       })
@@ -599,7 +605,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractPage<Item> implements AsyncIterable<Item> {
   async getNextPage(): Promise<this> {
     const nextInfo = this.nextPageInfo();
     if (!nextInfo) {
-      throw new Error(
+      throw new OpenAIError(
         'No next page expected; please check `.hasNextPage()` before calling `.getNextPage()`.',
       );
     }
@@ -925,10 +931,10 @@ export const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve
 
 const validatePositiveInteger = (name: string, n: unknown): number => {
   if (typeof n !== 'number' || !Number.isInteger(n)) {
-    throw new Error(`${name} must be an integer`);
+    throw new OpenAIError(`${name} must be an integer`);
   }
   if (n < 0) {
-    throw new Error(`${name} must be a positive integer`);
+    throw new OpenAIError(`${name} must be a positive integer`);
   }
   return n;
 };
@@ -939,7 +945,7 @@ export const castToError = (err: any): Error => {
 };
 
 export const ensurePresent = <T>(value: T | null | undefined): T => {
-  if (value == null) throw new Error(`Expected a value to be given but received ${value} instead.`);
+  if (value == null) throw new OpenAIError(`Expected a value to be given but received ${value} instead.`);
   return value;
 };
 
@@ -962,14 +968,14 @@ export const coerceInteger = (value: unknown): number => {
   if (typeof value === 'number') return Math.round(value);
   if (typeof value === 'string') return parseInt(value, 10);
 
-  throw new Error(`Could not coerce ${value} (type: ${typeof value}) into a number`);
+  throw new OpenAIError(`Could not coerce ${value} (type: ${typeof value}) into a number`);
 };
 
 export const coerceFloat = (value: unknown): number => {
   if (typeof value === 'number') return value;
   if (typeof value === 'string') return parseFloat(value);
 
-  throw new Error(`Could not coerce ${value} (type: ${typeof value}) into a number`);
+  throw new OpenAIError(`Could not coerce ${value} (type: ${typeof value}) into a number`);
 };
 
 export const coerceBoolean = (value: unknown): boolean => {
@@ -1073,5 +1079,5 @@ export const toBase64 = (str: string | null | undefined): string => {
     return btoa(str);
   }
 
-  throw new Error('Cannot generate b64 string; Expected `Buffer` or `btoa` to be defined');
+  throw new OpenAIError('Cannot generate b64 string; Expected `Buffer` or `btoa` to be defined');
 };

src/error.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 import { castToError, Headers } from './core';
 
-export class APIError extends Error {
+export class OpenAIError extends Error {}
+
+export class APIError extends OpenAIError {
   readonly status: number | undefined;
   readonly headers: Headers | undefined;
   readonly error: Object | undefined;

src/index.ts

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export class OpenAI extends Core.APIClient {
     ...opts
   }: ClientOptions = {}) {
     if (apiKey === undefined) {
-      throw new Error(
+      throw new Errors.OpenAIError(
         "The OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable is missing or empty; either provide it, or instantiate the OpenAI client with an apiKey option, like new OpenAI({ apiKey: 'my apiKey' }).",
       );
     }
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class OpenAI extends Core.APIClient {
     };
 
     if (!options.dangerouslyAllowBrowser && Core.isRunningInBrowser()) {
-      throw new Error(
+      throw new Errors.OpenAIError(
         "It looks like you're running in a browser-like environment.\n\nThis is disabled by default, as it risks exposing your secret API credentials to attackers.\nIf you understand the risks and have appropriate mitigations in place,\nyou can set the `dangerouslyAllowBrowser` option to `true`, e.g.,\n\nnew OpenAI({ apiKey, dangerouslyAllowBrowser: true });\n\nhttps://help.openai.com/en/articles/5112595-best-practices-for-api-key-safety\n",
       );
     }
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ export class OpenAI extends Core.APIClient {
 
   static OpenAI = this;
 
+  static OpenAIError = Errors.OpenAIError;
   static APIError = Errors.APIError;
   static APIConnectionError = Errors.APIConnectionError;
   static APIConnectionTimeoutError = Errors.APIConnectionTimeoutError;
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ export class OpenAI extends Core.APIClient {
 }
 
 export const {
+  OpenAIError,
   APIError,
   APIConnectionError,
   APIConnectionTimeoutError,

src/streaming.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { type Response } from './_shims/index';
+import { OpenAIError } from './error';
 
 type Bytes = string | ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array | Buffer | null | undefined;
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export class Stream<Item> implements AsyncIterable<Item> {
   private async *iterMessages(): AsyncGenerator<ServerSentEvent, void, unknown> {
     if (!this.response.body) {
       this.controller.abort();
-      throw new Error(`Attempted to iterate over a response with no body`);
+      throw new OpenAIError(`Attempted to iterate over a response with no body`);
     }
     const lineDecoder = new LineDecoder();
 
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ class LineDecoder {
         return Buffer.from(bytes).toString();
       }
 
-      throw new Error(
+      throw new OpenAIError(
         `Unexpected: received non-Uint8Array (${bytes.constructor.name}) stream chunk in an environment with a global "Buffer" defined, which this library assumes to be Node. Please report this error.`,
       );
     }
@@ -210,14 +211,14 @@ class LineDecoder {
         return this.textDecoder.decode(bytes);
       }
 
-      throw new Error(
+      throw new OpenAIError(
         `Unexpected: received non-Uint8Array/ArrayBuffer (${
           (bytes as any).constructor.name
         }) in a web platform. Please report this error.`,
       );
     }
 
-    throw new Error(
+    throw new OpenAIError(
       `Unexpected: neither Buffer nor TextDecoder are available as globals. Please report this error.`,
     );
   }