whole create flow with error handling and such

packages/api/index.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ app.use('/api/conversations', getConversationRoutes());
 app.use((err: Error, req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
   // use logger or sentry
 
-  if (!res.statusCode) res.status(500);
+  if (res.statusCode === 200) res.status(500);
 
   return res.json(new NirvanaResponse(undefined, err, err.message));
 });

packages/api/routes/conversations.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import CreateConversationRequest from '@nirvana/core/requests/CreateConversation
 import CreateConversationResponse from '@nirvana/core/responses/CreateConversationResponse.response';
 import { MemberState } from '../../core/models/conversation.model';
 import NirvanaResponse from '@nirvana/core/responses/nirvanaResponse';
+import { ObjectId } from 'mongodb';
 import { UserService } from '../services/user.service';
 
 export default function getConversationRoutes() {
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ const createConversation = async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunctio
   const createRequest = req.body as CreateConversationRequest;
   const userInfo = res.locals.userInfo as JwtClaims;
 
-  if (!createRequest.otherUsers) {
+  if (!createRequest.otherUsers || createRequest.otherUsers.length === 0) {
     return next(new Error('must provide who you want to talk to'));
   }
 
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ const createConversation = async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunctio
   createRequest.otherUsers.forEach((userObject) => {
     const newConversationMember = new ConversationMember(MemberRole.regular, MemberState.inbox);
 
+    // ! hack as json over the wire converts to string for some reason
+    userObject._id = new ObjectId(userObject._id);
+
     conversationUserMembers.push({
       ...userObject,
       ...newConversationMember,

packages/core/responses/nirvanaResponse.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@
 //     }
 //   | { data?: T; error: Error };
 
-export default class NirvanaResponse<T> {
+export interface INirvanaResponse<T> {
+  data?: T;
+  error?: Error;
+  message?: string;
+}
+
+export default class NirvanaResponse<T> implements INirvanaResponse<T> {
   data?: T;
   error?: Error;
   message?: string;

packages/desktop/src/api/NirvanaApi.tsx

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+import NirvanaResponse, { INirvanaResponse } from '@nirvana/core/responses/nirvanaResponse';
 import axios, { AxiosRequestConfig, AxiosResponse, Method } from 'axios';
 
-import CreateConversationRequest from '../../../core/requests/CreateConversationRequest.request';
+import CreateConversationRequest from '@nirvana/core/requests/CreateConversationRequest.request';
-import CreateConversationResponse from '../../../core/responses/CreateConversationResponse.response';
+import CreateConversationResponse from '@nirvana/core/responses/CreateConversationResponse.response';
 import LoginResponse from '@nirvana/core/responses/login.response';
-import NirvanaResponse from '../../../core/responses/nirvanaResponse';
 import UserDetailsResponse from '@nirvana/core/responses/userDetails.response';
 import UserSearchResponse from '@nirvana/core/responses/userSearch.response';
 
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ export default class NirvanaApi {
       res = await fetch(fullUrl);
     }
 
-    if (!res.ok) {
+    const resultJson = await res.json();
-      if (res.status === 401) throw new Error('You are not authorized here');
 
-      throw new Error('Something went wrong');
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      throw Error((resultJson as INirvanaResponse<string>).message);
     }
 
-    return (await res.json()) as T;
+    return resultJson as T;
   }
 }
 

packages/desktop/src/tree/NewConversationDialog.tsx

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export default function NewConversationDialog() {
       // todo: select conversation Id that was created
     } catch (error) {
       console.error(error);
+      toast.error(error.message);
     }
 
     setIsSubmitting(false);