From c4931512d47fcb79ca382c08a1c33b15607e0225 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bill bittner <bittner.w@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:57:31 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] added check for empty channel urls

---
 helpers/lbryUri.js | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/helpers/lbryUri.js b/helpers/lbryUri.js
index cc5e1d9e..15ab0b86 100644
--- a/helpers/lbryUri.js
+++ b/helpers/lbryUri.js
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ module.exports = {
     logger.debug(`${proto}, ${value}, ${modifierSeperator}, ${modifier}`);
 
     // Validate and process name
+    if (!value) {
+      throw new Error(`Check your url.  No channel name provided before "${modifierSeperator}"`);
+    }
     const isChannel = value.startsWith(module.exports.CHANNEL_CHAR);
     const channelName = isChannel ? value : null;
     let claimId;
@@ -36,13 +39,13 @@ module.exports = {
     let channelClaimId;
     if (modifierSeperator) {
       if (!modifier) {
-        throw new Error(`No modifier provided after separator ${modifierSeperator}.`);
+        throw new Error(`No modifier provided after separator "${modifierSeperator}"`);
       }
 
       if (modifierSeperator === ':') {
         channelClaimId = modifier;
       } else {
-        throw new Error(`The ${modifierSeperator} modifier is not currently supported.`);
+        throw new Error(`The "${modifierSeperator}" modifier is not currently supported`);
       }
     }
     return {