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fix(healthcare): set responseType to JSON instead of Buffer in deleteFhirStore.js#4249

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@angelcaamal angelcaamal added api: healthcare Issues related to the Cloud Healthcare API API. samples Issues that are directly related to samples. labels Mar 5, 2026
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This pull request addresses an issue in the deleteFhirStore.js sample by enhancing its robustness and ensuring proper API response handling. The changes involve configuring the API client to expect JSON responses and implementing error handling for the deletion operation, which improves the reliability and user experience of the sample.

Highlights

  • API Client Configuration: The Google Auth client configuration for the Healthcare API now explicitly sets responseType to json.
  • Error Handling: A try-catch block has been added around the FHIR store deletion operation to gracefully handle and log any potential errors during the process.
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  • healthcare/fhir/deleteFhirStore.js
    • Set the responseType for the Google Auth client to json.
    • Wrapped the FHIR store deletion call in a try-catch block to log errors.
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This pull request correctly adds error handling to the deleteFhirStore.js sample and sets the response type to JSON. The suggested improvement ensures that the script properly signals failure to the operating system when an error occurs, which is crucial for scripting and automation, aligning with best practices for error handling without using process.exit().

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} catch (error) {
console.error('Error deleting FHIR store:', error.message || error);
}
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While adding try...catch is good for error handling, swallowing the error causes the script to exit with a success code (0) even when the deletion fails. This can be misleading for users or automated scripts. To correctly signal failure, you should set process.exitCode = 1 in the catch block. This signals an error without abruptly terminating the process, which is a better practice for command-line scripts.

    } catch (error) {
      console.error('Error deleting FHIR store:', error.message || error);
      process.exitCode = 1;
    }
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  1. The code logs the error as suggested by the rule, but it allows the script to terminate with a success status. This can be misleading. The suggestion to use process.exitCode allows signaling failure without abruptly terminating the process with process.exit().

@iennae iennae merged commit b7a4387 into GoogleCloudPlatform:main Mar 5, 2026
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