Catch all exceptions in a rails controller

Question

Is there a way to catch all uncatched exceptions in a rails controller, like this:

def delete
  schedule_id = params[:scheduleId]
  begin
    Schedules.delet         


        

Answer 1

You can catch exceptions by type:

rescue_from ::ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound, with: :record_not_found
rescue_from ::NameError, with: :error_occurred
rescue_from ::ActionController::RoutingError, with: :error_occurred
# Don't resuce from Exception as it will resuce from everything as mentioned here "http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10048173/why-is-it-bad-style-to-rescue-exception-e-in-ruby" Thanks for @Thibaut Barrère for mention that
# rescue_from ::Exception, with: :error_occurred 

protected

def record_not_found(exception)
  render json: {error: exception.message}.to_json, status: 404
  return
end

def error_occurred(exception)
  render json: {error: exception.message}.to_json, status: 500
  return
end