Is it not possible to stringify an Error using JSON.stringify?

Question

Reproducing the problem

I\'m running into an issue when trying to pass error messages around using web sockets. I can replicate the issue I am facing using J

Answer 1

I was working on a JSON format for log appenders and ended up here trying to solve a similar problem. After a while, I realized I could just make Node do the work:

const util = require("util");
...
return JSON.stringify(obj, (name, value) => {
    if (value instanceof Error) {
        return util.format(value);
    } else {
        return value;
    }
}