I18N Service Plugins - Improve Error Messaging

[adrians5j]

This is:

• Feature request

Detailed Description

Currently, if a user forgets to pass the I18N_API_URL into the serverless component (serverless.yml), the whole service would not work at all.

And if you open the CloudWatch log, you can see the following error:

Possible Solution

This error probably won't mean a lot to the user, so let's make it a bit more friendly.

Let's check the passed env variable here: packages/api-i18n/src/plugins/service.ts:32.

If it doesn't exist, or it's not a valid URL, we should throw an error message like

I18N_API_URL env variable is not a valid URL. Make sure it's specified in the service configuration..

This is just a quick example. Of course, you are allowed to use your imagination / be creative 😃

[maxmmorz]

May I start working on this issue?

[adrians5j]

Sure, go for it!

If you need any assistance, just let us know here, or via gitter.