Additional error checking on API calls; See #12

README.md

@@ -302,6 +302,19 @@ helping materials file.
     pbs add_helpingmaterials --help
 ```
 
+## Running the Tests
+
+To run the test suite for pbs, first install [note](https://nose.readthedocs.io/en/latest/):
+
+```bash
+apt-get install python-nose
+```
+
+To run all tests, execute the following from the pbs project directory:
+
+```bash
+nosetests test
+```
 
 # Documentation
 

helpers.py

@@ -361,7 +361,12 @@ def find_project_by_short_name(short_name, pbclient, all=None):
 
 
 def check_api_error(api_response):
+    print(api_response)
     """Check if returned API response contains an error."""
+    if type(api_response) == dict and 'code' in api_response and api_response['code'] <> 200:
+            print("Server response code: %s" % api_response['code'])
+            print("Server response: %s" % api_response)
+            raise exceptions.HTTPError('Unexpected response', response=api_response)
     if type(api_response) == dict and (api_response.get('status') == 'failed'):
         if 'ProgrammingError' in api_response.get('exception_cls'):
             raise DatabaseError(message='PyBossa database error.',
@@ -377,7 +382,8 @@ def check_api_error(api_response):
             raise TaskNotFound(message='PyBossa Task not found',
                                error=api_response)
         else:
-            raise exceptions.HTTPError
+            print("Server response: %s" % api_response)
+            raise exceptions.HTTPError('Unexpected response', response=api_response)
 
 
 def format_error(module, error):

test/test_helpers.py

@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ def test_check_api_error_raises_exception(self):
         error = dict(status='failed', target='diff', exception_cls='err')
         assert_raises(exceptions.HTTPError, check_api_error, error)
 
+    def test_check_general_http_api_error_raises_exception(self):
+        """Test check_api_error raises HTTPError exception."""
+        error = dict(code=500)
+        assert_raises(exceptions.HTTPError, check_api_error, error)
+
     def test_check_api_error_raises_database_error(self):
         """Test check_api_error raises DatabaseError exception."""
         error = dict(status='failed', target='diff',

test/test_pbs_create_project.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class TestPbsCreateProject(TestDefault):
     def test_create_project_create(self):
         """Test create_project works."""
         pbclient = MagicMock()
-        pbclient.create_project.return_value = {'short_name': 'short_name'}
+        pbclient.create_project.return_value = {'short_name': 'short_name', 'status_code': 200}
         self.config.pbclient = pbclient
         res = _create_project(self.config)
         assert res == 'Project: short_name created!', res