Makes error msg more helpful

In the case that designate api returns an error response which
does not have an 'message' entry, CLI will prints out nothing helpful
for users. The patch grabs info from response to try to provide a helpful msg.

Fixed axfr resource too.

Change-Id: I810426b6d4f731cc5ead4372083abf6515c05dc3

4 files changed, 78 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/designateclient/exceptions.py b/designateclient/exceptions.py
index 9021929..df4c3f5 100644
--- a/designateclient/exceptions.py
+++ b/designateclient/exceptions.py
@@ -37,14 +37,28 @@ class NoUniqueMatch(Base):
 class RemoteError(Base):
     def __init__(self, message=None, code=None, type=None, errors=None,
                  request_id=None):
-        super(RemoteError, self).__init__(message)
-
-        self.message = message
+        err_message = self._get_error_message(message, type, errors)
+        self.message = err_message
         self.code = code
         self.type = type
         self.errors = errors
         self.request_id = request_id
 
+        super(RemoteError, self).__init__(err_message)
+
+    def _get_error_message(self, _message, _type, _errors):
+        # Try to get a useful error msg if 'message' has nothing
+        if not _message:
+            if _errors and 'errors' in _errors:
+                err_msg = list()
+                for err in _errors['errors']:
+                    if 'message' in err:
+                        err_msg.append(err['message'])
+                _message = '. '.join(err_msg)
+            elif _type:
+                _message = str(_type)
+        return _message
+
 
 class Unknown(RemoteError):
     pass
diff --git a/designateclient/tests/test_exceptions.py b/designateclient/tests/test_exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e307e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/designateclient/tests/test_exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 2015 Rackspace Inc.
+#
+# Author: James Li <james.li@rackspace.com>
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from designateclient import exceptions
+from designateclient.tests import base
+
+
+class RemoteErrorTestCase(base.TestCase):
+    response_dict = {
+        'message': None,
+        'code': 500,
+        'type': None,
+        'errors': None,
+        'request_id': 1234
+    }
+
+    def test_get_error_message(self):
+        expected_msg = 'something wrong'
+        self.response_dict['message'] = expected_msg
+        remote_err = exceptions.RemoteError(**self.response_dict)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_msg, remote_err.message)
+
+    def test_get_error_message_with_errors(self):
+        expected_msg = "u'nodot.com' is not a 'domainname'"
+        errors = {"errors": [
+            {"path": ["name"],
+             "message": expected_msg,
+             "validator": "format",
+             "validator_value": "domainname"}
+        ]
+        }
+        self.response_dict['message'] = None
+        self.response_dict['errors'] = errors
+        remote_err = exceptions.RemoteError(**self.response_dict)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_msg, remote_err.message)
+
+    def test_get_error_message_with_type(self):
+        expected_msg = 'invalid_object'
+        self.response_dict['message'] = None
+        self.response_dict['errors'] = None
+        self.response_dict['type'] = expected_msg
+        remote_err = exceptions.RemoteError(**self.response_dict)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_msg, remote_err.message)
diff --git a/designateclient/tests/v2/test_zones.py b/designateclient/tests/v2/test_zones.py
index f7ceac8..8f7ac9d 100644
--- a/designateclient/tests/v2/test_zones.py
+++ b/designateclient/tests/v2/test_zones.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class TestZones(v2.APIV2TestCase, v2.CrudMixin):
     def test_task_axfr(self):
         ref = self.new_ref()
 
-        parts = [self.RESOURCE, ref["id"], "tasks", "axfr"]
+        parts = [self.RESOURCE, ref["id"], "tasks", "xfr"]
         self.stub_url("POST", parts=parts)
 
         self.client.zones.axfr(ref["id"])
diff --git a/designateclient/v2/zones.py b/designateclient/v2/zones.py
index e97df5b..a8ae74a 100644
--- a/designateclient/v2/zones.py
+++ b/designateclient/v2/zones.py
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ class ZoneController(client.Controller):
         }
 
         if type_ == "PRIMARY":
-            data["email"] = email
+            if email:
+                data["email"] = email
 
             if ttl is not None:
                 data["ttl"] = ttl
 
-        elif type_ == "SECONDARY":
+        elif type_ == "SECONDARY" and masters:
             data["masters"] = masters
 
         if description is not None:
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ class ZoneController(client.Controller):
     def axfr(self, zone):
         zone = v2_utils.resolve_by_name(self.list, zone)
 
-        url = '/zones/%s/tasks/axfr' % zone
+        url = '/zones/%s/tasks/xfr' % zone
 
         self.client.session.post(url)