fix: improve error messages of 422 errors (#133)

cmd/common.go

@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ func silenceUsageOnCreateMeasurementError(err error) bool {
 	e, ok := err.(*globalping.MeasurementError)
 	if ok {
 		switch e.Code {
-		case http.StatusBadRequest, http.StatusUnprocessableEntity:
+		case http.StatusBadRequest:
 			return false
 		default:
 			return true

globalping/measurements.go

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func (c *client) CreateMeasurement(measurement *MeasurementCreate) (*Measurement
 		}
 		err := data.Error
 		err.Code = resp.StatusCode
+
 		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusBadRequest {
 			resErr := ""
 			for _, v := range data.Error.Params {
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ func (c *client) CreateMeasurement(measurement *MeasurementCreate) (*Measurement
 			if len(resErr) > 0 {
 				resErr = resErr[:len(resErr)-1]
 			}
-			err.Message = fmt.Sprintf("invalid parameters\n%s", resErr)
+			err.Message = fmt.Sprintf("invalid parameters:\n%s", resErr)
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ func (c *client) CreateMeasurement(measurement *MeasurementCreate) (*Measurement
 		}
 
 		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusUnprocessableEntity {
-			err.Message = "no suitable probes found - please choose a different location"
+			err.Message = fmt.Sprintf("%s - please try a different location", utils.TextFromSentence(err.Message))
 			return nil, err
 		}
 

globalping/measurements_test.go

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func Test_CreateMeasurement_NoProbes(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, &MeasurementError{
 		Code:    422,
 		Type:    "no_probes_found",
-		Message: "no suitable probes found - please choose a different location",
+		Message: "no suitable probes found - please try a different location",
 	}, err)
 }
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func Test_CreateMeasurement_Validation(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, &MeasurementError{
 		Code: 400,
 		Type: "validation_error",
-		Message: `invalid parameters
+		Message: `invalid parameters:
  - "target" does not match any of the allowed types`,
 		Params: map[string]interface{}{
 			"target": "\"target\" does not match any of the allowed types",

utils/text.go

@@ -1,10 +1,36 @@
 package utils
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"unicode"
+)
+
+func LowercaseMessage(message string) string {
+	if len(message) >= 2 {
+		firstChar := rune(message[0])
+		secondChar := rune(message[1])
+
+		if !unicode.IsLower(firstChar) && unicode.IsLower(secondChar) {
+			return string(unicode.ToLower(firstChar)) + message[1:]
+		}
+	}
+	return message
+}
 
 func Pluralize(count int64, singular string) string {
 	if count == 1 {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%d %s", count, singular)
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%d %ss", count, singular)
 }
+
+func RemoveTrailingPeriod(message string) string {
+	if len(message) > 0 && message[len(message)-1] == '.' {
+		return message[:len(message)-1]
+	}
+	return message
+}
+
+func TextFromSentence(message string) string {
+	return RemoveTrailingPeriod(LowercaseMessage(message))
+}