Add docs for ErrorResponseConfig (#2198) (#3175)

docs/reference/handler.md

@@ -612,6 +612,17 @@ In this example, the type of the handler before applying the `sandbox` operator
 
 Without the `sandbox` operator, the compiler would complain about the unhandled `Throwable` error.
 
+By default, sandboxed errors will result in a `500 Internal Server Error` response without a body. If you want to have all information about the error in the response body you can use a different (`ErrorResponseConfig`)[response/response.md#failure-responses-with-details] like `ErrorResponseConfig.debug`:
+
+```scala mdoc:compile-only
+import zio.http._
+import java.nio.file._
+
+Routes(
+   Method.GET / "file" ->
+           Handler.fromFile(Paths.get("file.txt").toFile).sandbox,
+   ) @@ ErrorResponseConfig.debug
+```
 ### Converting a `Handler` to an `Routes`
 
 The `Handler#toRoutes` operator, converts a handler to an `Routes` to be served by the `Server`. The following example, shows an HTTP application that serves a simple "Hello, World!" response for all types of incoming requests:

docs/reference/response/response.md

@@ -188,6 +188,56 @@ val failedHandler = Handler.fail(new IOException())
 failedHandler.mapErrorCause(Response.fromCause)
 ```
 
+#### Failure Responses with Details
+
+By default, the `Response.fromThrowable` and `Response.fromCause` methods create a response with a status code only. If we want to include additional details in the response, we have to hand over a `ErrorResponseConfig`.
+
+```scala
+/**
+ * Configuration for the response generation
+ *
+ * @param withErrorBody
+ *   if true, includes the error message in the response body
+ * @param withStackTrace
+ *   if true, includes the stack trace in the response body
+ * @param maxStackTraceDepth
+ *   maximum number of stack trace lines to include in the response body. Set to
+ *   0 to include all lines.
+ * @param errorFormat
+ *   the preferred format for the error response. 
+ *   If the context in which the response is created has access to an Accept header,
+ *   the header will be used preferably to determine the format.
+ */
+final case class ErrorResponseConfig(
+  withErrorBody: Boolean = false,
+  withStackTrace: Boolean = false,
+  maxStackTraceDepth: Int = 10,
+  errorFormat: ErrorResponseConfig.ErrorFormat = ErrorResponseConfig.ErrorFormat.Html,
+)
+```
+
+This config can not only be used directly, but can also configure how ZIO-HTTP internally converts a `Cause` or `Throwable` to a `Response`.
+You can configure error responses globally by providing a custom `ErrorResponseConfig` via layer for example in the bootstrap of your application.
+Or you can apply the config locally to some routes via middleware.
+
+```scala mdoc
+import zio.http._
+
+object MyHttpApp extends ZIOAppDefault {
+  // Provide a custom ErrorResponseConfig via layer
+  // Equivalent to: val bootstrap = ErrorResponseConfig.configLayer(ErrorResponseConfig.debugConfig)
+  override val bootstrap: ZLayer[ZIOAppArgs, Any, Any] = ErrorResponseConfig.debugLayer
+
+  // Apply the ErrorResponseConfig.debug middleware to routes
+  // Equivalent to: val myRoutes = Handler.ok.toRoutes @@ ErrorResponseConfig.withConfig(ErrorResponseConfig.debugConfig)
+  val myRoutes = Handler.ok.toRoutes @@ ErrorResponseConfig.debug
+
+  override def run = ???
+}
+```
+
+The debug config will include the error message and full stack trace in the response body.
+
 :::note
 In many cases, it is more convenient to use the `sandbox` method to automatically convert all failures into a corresponding `Response`. But in some cases, to have more granular control over the error handling, we may want to use `Response.fromCause` and `Response.fromThrowable` directly.
 :::

zio-http/shared/src/main/scala/zio/http/ErrorResponseConfig.scala

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import zio._
  * @param maxStackTraceDepth
  *   maximum number of stack trace lines to include in the response body. Set to
  *   0 to include all lines.
+ * @param errorFormat
+ *   the preferred format for the error response. If the context in which the
+ *   response is created has access to an Accept header, the header will be used
+ *   preferably to determine the format.
  */
 final case class ErrorResponseConfig(
   withErrorBody: Boolean = false,
@@ -38,6 +42,9 @@ object ErrorResponseConfig {
   val debug: HandlerAspect[Any, Unit] =
     Middleware.runBefore(setConfig(debugConfig))
 
+  val debugLayer: ULayer[Unit] =
+    ZLayer(setConfig(debugConfig))
+
   def withConfig(config: ErrorResponseConfig): HandlerAspect[Any, Unit] =
     Middleware.runBefore(setConfig(config))