Monitor API Errors in Nuxt
Catch production errors before users report them
The problem
Errors in your Nuxt production app are inevitable, but finding out from angry users is not. The typical flow is frustrating: a customer emails support, support asks engineering, engineering digs through logs, and by the time you understand the issue, it has been affecting users for hours.
Error monitoring tools exist, but they often drown you in noise. Every 404, every validation error, every expected exception in your Vue composables gets logged with the same priority as actual problems. You end up ignoring alerts entirely.
What you need is not more error data. You need the right errors, in context, delivered to the people who can fix them.
The solution
Quicklog lets you track the errors that matter in your Nuxt app. Unexpected exceptions. Failed external calls. Business logic violations. You define what counts as an error worth knowing about.
Include context that helps debugging: the user affected, the request parameters, the state of the system. With npm install @quicklog/sdk and a tracking call in your Vue composables, when an error appears in your feed, you have everything needed to understand and fix it.
Route different errors to different channels. Critical payment errors go to one place. Minor UI issues go to another. Your Nuxt team can triage effectively instead of fighting through noise.
Why monitor this?
- Know about errors before users report them
- See the context needed to debug quickly
- Route errors to the right team members
Quick setup
Install the SDK:
npm install @quicklog/sdkAdd tracking to your Nuxt app:
import { Quicklog } from '@quicklog/sdk'
const ql = new Quicklog(process.env.QUICKLOG_API_KEY!)
// Monitor API Errors
await ql.track({
channel: 'errors',
event: 'api.error',
description: 'Describe what happened',
user: {
id: user.id,
email: user.email,
name: user.name
},
metadata: {
// Add relevant context here
}
})Nuxt tips
- Use Nuxt error.vue page to catch and report unhandled application errors
- Set up a Nitro plugin for server-side error tracking across all API routes
- Include the Vue component tree and Pinia state snapshot in error reports
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