Axios handling errors

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I’m trying to understand javascript promises better with Axios. What I pretend is to handle all errors in Request.js and only call the request function from anywhere without having to use catch().

In this example, the response to the request will be 400 with an error message in JSON.

This is the error I’m getting:

Uncaught (in promise) Error: Request failed with status code 400

The only solution I find is to add .catch(() => {}) in Somewhere.js but I’m trying to avoid having to do that. Is it possible?

Here’s the code:

Request.js

export function request(method, uri, body, headers) {
  let config = {
    method: method.toLowerCase(),
    url: uri,
    baseURL: API_URL,
    headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + getToken() },
    validateStatus: function (status) {
      return status >= 200 && status < 400
    }
  }

  ...

  return axios(config).then(
    function (response) {
      return response.data
    }
  ).catch(
    function (error) {
      console.log('Show error notification!')
      return Promise.reject(error)
    }
  )
}

Somewhere.js

export default class Somewhere extends React.Component {

  ...

  callSomeRequest() {
    request('DELETE', '/some/request').then(
      () => {
        console.log('Request successful!')
      }
    )
  }

  ...

}

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