Human-friendly output for verify account endpoint

server/account.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package server
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"lbryio/lbry-id/auth"
@@ -210,27 +211,20 @@ func (s *Server) verify(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	if paramsErr != nil {
 		// In this specific case, the error is limited to values that are safe to
 		// give to the user.
-		errorJson(w, http.StatusBadRequest, paramsErr.Error())
+		http.Error(w, "There seems to be a problem with this URL: "+paramsErr.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
 
 	err := s.store.VerifyAccount(token)
 
 	if err == store.ErrNoTokenForUser {
-		errorJson(w, http.StatusForbidden, "Verification token not found or expired")
+		http.Error(w, "The verification token was not found, or it expired. Try generating a new one from your app.", http.StatusForbidden)
 		return
 	} else if err != nil {
-		internalServiceErrorJson(w, err, "Error verifying account")
+		http.Error(w, "Something went wrong trying to verify your account.", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		log.Printf("%s: %+v\n", "Error verifying account", err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	var verifyResponse struct{}
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Your account has been verified.")
-	response, err := json.Marshal(verifyResponse)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		internalServiceErrorJson(w, err, "Error generating verify response")
-		return
-	}
-
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, string(response))
 }

server/account_test.go

@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ func TestServerVerifyAccountSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 
 	expectStatusCode(t, w, http.StatusOK)
 
-	if string(body) != "{}" {
+	if string(body) != "Your account has been verified." {
 		t.Errorf("Expected register response to be \"{}\": result: %+v", string(body))
 	}
 
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ func TestServerVerifyAccountErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		name                      string
 		token                     string
 		expectedStatusCode        int
-		expectedErrorString       string
+		expectedBody              string
 		expectedCallVerifyAccount bool
 
 		storeErrors TestStoreFunctionsErrors
@@ -503,14 +503,14 @@ func TestServerVerifyAccountErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			name:                      "missing token",
 			token:                     "",
 			expectedStatusCode:        http.StatusBadRequest,
-			expectedErrorString:       http.StatusText(http.StatusBadRequest) + ": Missing verifyToken parameter",
+			expectedBody:              "There seems to be a problem with this URL: Missing verifyToken parameter",
 			expectedCallVerifyAccount: false,
 		},
 		{
 			name:                      "token not found", // including expired
 			token:                     "abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234",
 			expectedStatusCode:        http.StatusForbidden,
-			expectedErrorString:       http.StatusText(http.StatusForbidden) + ": Verification token not found or expired",
+			expectedBody:              "The verification token was not found, or it expired. Try generating a new one from your app.",
 			storeErrors:               TestStoreFunctionsErrors{VerifyAccount: store.ErrNoTokenForUser},
 			expectedCallVerifyAccount: true,
 		},
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ func TestServerVerifyAccountErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			name:                      "assorted db error",
 			token:                     "abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234",
 			expectedStatusCode:        http.StatusInternalServerError,
-			expectedErrorString:       http.StatusText(http.StatusInternalServerError),
+			expectedBody:              "Something went wrong trying to verify your account.",
 			storeErrors:               TestStoreFunctionsErrors{VerifyAccount: fmt.Errorf("TestStore.VerifyAccount fail")},
 			expectedCallVerifyAccount: true,
 		},
@@ -541,7 +541,9 @@ func TestServerVerifyAccountErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(w.Body)
 
 			expectStatusCode(t, w, tc.expectedStatusCode)
-			expectErrorString(t, body, tc.expectedErrorString)
+			if want, got := tc.expectedBody, strings.TrimSpace(string(body)); want != got {
+				t.Errorf("Body: expected `%s`, got `%s`", want, got)
+			}
 
 			if tc.expectedCallVerifyAccount && !testStore.Called.VerifyAccount {
 				t.Errorf("Expected Store.VerifyAccount to be called")

store/account_test.go

@@ -321,7 +321,6 @@ func TestStoreUpdateVerifyTokenStringAccountNotExists(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-
 // Test VerifyAccount for existing account
 func TestUpdateVerifyAccountSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	s, sqliteTmpFile := StoreTestInit(t)
@@ -335,7 +334,7 @@ func TestUpdateVerifyAccountSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	// we're not testing normalization features so we'll just use this here
 	normEmail := email.Normalize()
 
-	if err := s.VerifyAccount( verifyTokenString); err != nil {
+	if err := s.VerifyAccount(verifyTokenString); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error in VerifyAccount: err: %+v", err)
 	}
 	expectAccountMatch(t, &s, normEmail, email, password, createdSeed, "", nil)