Is it possible to catch exceptions thrown in a JavaScript async callback?

Question

Is there a way to catch exceptions in JavaScript callbacks? Is it even possible?

Uncaught Error: Invalid value for property 

Answer 1

If you can use Promises and async/await, it can be solved as shown in sample code below:

async function geocode(zipcode) {

  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

    const g = new google.maps.Geocoder().geocode({ 'address': zipcode },  function(geoResult, geoStatus) {
      if (geoStatus != google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
        reject(new Error("Callback Exception caught"));
      } else {
        resolve(g);
      };

    });
  });
}

try {
  // ...

  // g will be an instance of new google.maps.Geocoder().geocode..
  // you can resolve with desired variables
  const g = await geocode(zipcode);

  // ...
} catch( e ) {
  console.log(e);
}