From b39150175c5c4eb325393df036c8b33ad763b025 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Anglin <daangling@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 02:39:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] return error message from instance to the user

---
 internal/client/client.go | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/client/client.go b/internal/client/client.go
index 620b957..7a5a43e 100644
--- a/internal/client/client.go
+++ b/internal/client/client.go
@@ -123,9 +123,30 @@ func (g *Client) sendRequest(method string, url string, requestBody io.Reader, o
 	defer response.Body.Close()
 
 	if response.StatusCode < http.StatusOK || response.StatusCode >= http.StatusBadRequest {
+		message := struct {
+			Error string `json:"error"`
+		}{
+			Error: "",
+		}
+
+		if err := json.NewDecoder(response.Body).Decode(&message); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"did not receive an OK response from the GoToSocial server: got %d",
+				response.StatusCode,
+			)
+		}
+
+		if message.Error == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"did not receive an OK response from the GoToSocial server: got %d",
+				response.StatusCode,
+			)
+		}
+
 		return fmt.Errorf(
-			"did not receive an OK response from the GoToSocial server: got %d",
+			"message received from the instance: (%d) %q",
 			response.StatusCode,
+			message.Error,
 		)
 	}