From 1025172d823721990069362dde2b81971c51dba4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hadessunxy-code <hadessunxy-code@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 13:43:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Handle empty API responses gracefully

---
 package.json              |  2 +-
 src/api-response.js       | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 test/api-response.test.js | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 142 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/api-response.js
 create mode 100644 test/api-response.test.js

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6ec1d3f..4e7efa2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "A simple CSV parser - BountyPay workflow demo",
   "main": "src/parser.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "node test/parser.test.js"
+    "test": "node test/parser.test.js && node test/api-response.test.js"
   },
   "license": "MIT"
 }
diff --git a/src/api-response.js b/src/api-response.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24687bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api-response.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+const DEFAULT_EMPTY_MESSAGE = 'No data was returned by the server. Please try again.';
+const DEFAULT_NETWORK_MESSAGE = 'No response was received from the server. Please try again.';
+const DEFAULT_PARSE_MESSAGE = 'The server returned an invalid response. Please try again.';
+
+function friendlyError(message, details = {}) {
+  return {
+    ok: false,
+    data: null,
+    error: {
+      message,
+      ...details,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+async function readBody(response) {
+  if (typeof response === 'string') {
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  if (response && typeof response.text === 'function') {
+    return response.text();
+  }
+
+  if (response && 'body' in response) {
+    return response.body;
+  }
+
+  return response;
+}
+
+async function parseApiResponse(response) {
+  if (!response) {
+    return friendlyError(DEFAULT_NETWORK_MESSAGE);
+  }
+
+  const status = typeof response.status === 'number' ? response.status : undefined;
+  const ok = typeof response.ok === 'boolean' ? response.ok : status === undefined || (status >= 200 && status < 300);
+
+  if (status === 204 || status === 205) {
+    return friendlyError(DEFAULT_EMPTY_MESSAGE, { status });
+  }
+
+  const body = await readBody(response);
+
+  if (body == null || (typeof body === 'string' && body.trim() === '')) {
+    return friendlyError(DEFAULT_EMPTY_MESSAGE, { status });
+  }
+
+  if (!ok) {
+    return friendlyError(`Request failed${status ? ` with status ${status}` : ''}. Please try again.`, { status });
+  }
+
+  if (typeof body !== 'string') {
+    return { ok: true, data: body, error: null };
+  }
+
+  try {
+    return { ok: true, data: JSON.parse(body), error: null };
+  } catch (_error) {
+    return friendlyError(DEFAULT_PARSE_MESSAGE, { status });
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { parseApiResponse };
diff --git a/test/api-response.test.js b/test/api-response.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7c2072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/api-response.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+const { parseApiResponse } = require('../src/api-response');
+
+let passed = 0;
+let failed = 0;
+
+function assert(name, actual, expected) {
+  const a = JSON.stringify(actual);
+  const e = JSON.stringify(expected);
+  if (a === e) {
+    console.log(`  OK ${name}`);
+    passed++;
+  } else {
+    console.log(`  FAIL ${name}`);
+    console.log(`     Expected: ${e}`);
+    console.log(`     Actual:   ${a}`);
+    failed++;
+  }
+}
+
+async function run() {
+  console.log('\nAPI Response Tests\n');
+
+  assert(
+    'returns parsed JSON for a valid response',
+    await parseApiResponse({ ok: true, status: 200, text: async () => '{"items":[1,2]}' }),
+    { ok: true, data: { items: [1, 2] }, error: null }
+  );
+
+  assert(
+    'handles null response without throwing',
+    await parseApiResponse(null),
+    {
+      ok: false,
+      data: null,
+      error: { message: 'No response was received from the server. Please try again.' },
+    }
+  );
+
+  assert(
+    'handles empty response body without throwing',
+    await parseApiResponse({ ok: true, status: 200, text: async () => '   ' }),
+    {
+      ok: false,
+      data: null,
+      error: { message: 'No data was returned by the server. Please try again.', status: 200 },
+    }
+  );
+
+  assert(
+    'handles 204 responses as empty data',
+    await parseApiResponse({ ok: true, status: 204, text: async () => '' }),
+    {
+      ok: false,
+      data: null,
+      error: { message: 'No data was returned by the server. Please try again.', status: 204 },
+    }
+  );
+
+  assert(
+    'returns a friendly parse error for malformed JSON',
+    await parseApiResponse({ ok: true, status: 200, text: async () => '{bad json' }),
+    {
+      ok: false,
+      data: null,
+      error: {
+        message: 'The server returned an invalid response. Please try again.',
+        status: 200,
+      },
+    }
+  );
+
+  console.log(`\nResults: ${passed} passed, ${failed} failed\n`);
+  process.exit(failed > 0 ? 1 : 0);
+}
+
+run();