fix: use custom error type for saved filters not found

Fix failing test 'GET /api/saved-filters/:id_with_non-existent_filter_returns_404'
which was returning HTTP 500 instead of HTTP 404 due to string comparison
failure in error handling.

Root Cause:
- Service wrapped database error: fmt.Errorf("filter not found: %w", err)
- Handler checked exact string equality: err.Error() == "filter not found"
- Wrapped error message included database error: "filter not found: no rows in result set"
- String check failed → returned 500 instead of 404

Solution: Use Go error wrapping with custom error type

Changes to internal/services/filters.go:
- Add import: "errors" package
- Add custom error variable: ErrFilterNotFound
- Update GetSavedFilterByID() to return ErrFilterNotFound instead of wrapped error
- Error defined at service layer (domain authority)

Changes to internal/handlers/filters.go:
- Update error check from string comparison to errors.Is(err, services.ErrFilterNotFound)
- Uses Go's standard error wrapping pattern
- Cleaner, more maintainable, type-safe

Architectural Benefits:
-  Service layer owns domain errors (filter not found is a filter concept)
-  Handlers only translate service errors to HTTP status codes
-  Services reusable by any caller (API, WebSocket, CLI)
-  Clean dependency direction: Handlers → Services → Database
-  Follows Go best practices for error handling

Test Results:
- GET /api/saved-filters/:id with non-existent filter now returns 404
- Error message: "filter not found"
- No information leakage about other users' filters

Fixes test failure in TestSavedFilters.
This commit is contained in:
2026-03-21 23:03:43 -04:00
parent 54d3ae785a
commit c3a98fb067
2 changed files with 6 additions and 2 deletions
+5 -1
View File
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@ import (
"bookhoard/internal/database"
"context"
"encoding/json"
"errors"
"fmt"
"github.com/google/uuid"
"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
)
// Custom errors for saved filters
var ErrFilterNotFound = errors.New("filter not found or access denied")
type FiltersService struct {
db *database.Queries
}
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ func (s *FiltersService) GetSavedFilterByID(ctx context.Context, userID uuid.UUI
UserID: pgtype.UUID{Bytes: userID, Valid: true},
})
if err != nil {
return database.SavedFilters{}, fmt.Errorf("filter not found or access denied: %w", err)
return database.SavedFilters{}, ErrFilterNotFound
}
return filter, nil