`?` on surf::Exception about anyhow

[dtolnay]

This is because Surf is using a silly choice of error type. :( http-rs/surf#86
Libraries should return errors that implement std::error::Error in order for ? to work, and Surf's does not.

For now you can work around this by avoiding ?:

use anyhow::{bail, Result};

async fn some_request() -> Result<()> {
    let _response = match surf::get("https://www.rust-lang.org").await {
        Ok(response) => response,
        Err(err) => bail!(err),
    };

    ...
}

[mchlrhw]

I know this is closed, but I found myself here recently so I thought I'd share another approach.
If you want to add a context to surf errors, or want to make use of ?, you can do:

use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};

async fn some_request() -> Result<()> {
    let _response = surf::get("https://www.rust-lang.org")
        .await
        .map_err(|err| anyhow!(err)) // TODO: Remove me when surf 2.0 is released
        .context("Failed to fetch from rust-lang.org")?;

    ...
}

[abreis]

Thanks!