From c39629cfa9151bb1776b296f22adf87bcd00b6af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:41:26 +0000
Subject: Send a user friendly error message when rewrite rules are a String,
 not a JSON Array.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/branches/1.0.x@1037196 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
---
 src/couchdb/couch_httpd_rewrite.erl | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_rewrite.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_rewrite.erl
index ca4ac1f0..6c3d0e3c 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_rewrite.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_rewrite.erl
@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ handle_rewrite_req(#httpd{
     case couch_util:get_value(<<"rewrites">>, Props) of
         undefined ->
             couch_httpd:send_error(Req, 404, <<"rewrite_error">>,
-                            <<"Invalid path.">>);
+                <<"Invalid path.">>);
+        Bin when is_binary(Bin) ->
+            couch_httpd:send_error(Req, 400, <<"rewrite_error">>,
+                <<"Rewrite rules are a String. They must be a JSON Array.">>);
         Rules ->
             % create dispatch list from rules
             DispatchList =  [make_rule(Rule) || {Rule} <- Rules],
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