const ethJsRpcSlug = 'Error: [ethjs-rpc] rpc error with payload ' const errorLabelPrefix = 'Error: ' module.exports = extractEthjsErrorMessage // // ethjs-rpc provides overly verbose error messages // if we detect this type of message, we extract the important part // Below is an example input and output // // Error: [ethjs-rpc] rpc error with payload {"id":3947817945380,"jsonrpc":"2.0","params":["0xf8eb8208708477359400830398539406012c8cf97bead5deae237070f9587f8e7a266d80b8843d7d3f5a0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000081d1a000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001ff973cafa800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000038d7ea4c68000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003f48025a04c32a9b630e0d9e7ff361562d850c86b7a884908135956a7e4a336fa0300d19ca06830776423f25218e8d19b267161db526e66895567147015b1f3fc47aef9a3c7"],"method":"eth_sendRawTransaction"} Error: replacement transaction underpriced // // Transaction Failed: replacement transaction underpriced // function extractEthjsErrorMessage(errorMessage) { const isEthjsRpcError = errorMessage.includes(ethJsRpcSlug) if (isEthjsRpcError) { const payloadAndError = errorMessage.slice(ethJsRpcSlug.length) const originalError = payloadAndError.slice(payloadAndError.indexOf(errorLabelPrefix) + errorLabelPrefix.length) return originalError } else { return errorMessage } }