Better exception message from ApiException

[finci-square]

Non successful http responses yield an ApiException whose message is just "HTTP Response Not OK". This is very cryptic and quite frustrating if the developer hasn't written code to capture more information about the error. It would be much improved if we parse the error response body and give an exception message that includes details from the response.

[sseaman]

Thanks for reporting this. We're investigating ways to improve it.

[finci-square]

Ultimately all "Default*Api" classes call https://github.com/square/square-java-sdk/blob/65a992f0355ee404655170e00022cda2c71df01a/src/main/java/com/squareup/square/api/BaseApi.java validateResponse which news ApiException. The implementation of ApiException just needs to use the response if it has one and parse it earlier to pass to super

[BryceBlankinship]

any progress on this one? I keep running into unexplainable "HTTP Response Not OK" errors and I am just guessing as to what I need to fix. One of my http responses worked too... not sure why!

[BryceBlankinship]

@finci-square aha I found my issue and I think that'll find yours, make sure you are importing the right ApiException class! I was getting mine from a google package instead of squares, then following this documentation for error handling: https://developer.squareup.com/docs/sdks/java/using-java-sdk#handle-the-responses

[finci-square]

Square should consider renaming the class name

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@finci-square https://github.com/finci-square aha I found my issue and I think that'll find yours, make sure you are importing the right ApiException class! I was getting mine from a google package instead of squares, then following this documentation for error handling: https://developer.squareup.com/docs/sdks/java/using-java-sdk#handle-the-responses

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[AnkitPatel1404]

@BryceBlankinship @sseaman @finci-square I'm importing right class but still getting same error message. Any alternative solution can you suggest?

[zenmasterjobo]

@AnkitPatel1404

Which API are you calling that is returning this error?

@finci-square @BryceBlankinship I have notified our team that creates the SDKs about stripping away the error message. I will update when I have more information about the change. I have also asked that they consider changing the name of the class to prevent potential name conflicts.

[BryceBlankinship]

Awesome thanks

[AnkitPatel1404]

Thanks for the response @zenmasterjobo, I'm using this API "paymentsApi.createPayment(body)"; and getting error message "HTTP Response Not OK".

[zenmasterjobo]

Thanks for the response @zenmasterjobo, I'm using this API "paymentsApi.createPayment(body)"; and getting error message "HTTP Response Not OK".

Hi @AnkitPatel1404 - if you can log into your developer dashboard and then click into your app, and then click API Logs in the left side navigation, you will be able to see some more details about the request your Java app made to Square. There should be a more clear error message logged there.

[AnkitPatel1404]

@zenmasterjobo @finci-square, In square dashboard, I got response like this "errors": [ { "code": "GENERIC_DECLINE", "detail": "Authorization error: 'GENERIC_DECLINE'", "category": "PAYMENT_METHOD_ERROR" }

Unable to find exact cause of this error. Can you please help me on this?