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.
john-okeefe
c3a98fb067