FrontendController: Return error on installation error.

lib/pleroma/frontend.ex

@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ def install(name, opts \\ []) do
     else
       {:download_or_unzip, _} ->
         Logger.info("Could not download or unzip the frontend")
+        {:error, "Could not download or unzip the frontend"}
 
       _e ->
         Logger.info("Could not install the frontend")
+        {:error, "Could not install the frontend"}
     end
   end
 

lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/controllers/frontend_controller.ex

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ def index(conn, _params) do
   end
 
   def install(%{body_params: params} = conn, _params) do
-    Pleroma.Frontend.install(params.name, Map.delete(params, :name))
+    with :ok <- Pleroma.Frontend.install(params.name, Map.delete(params, :name)) do
-
       index(conn, %{})
     end
+  end
 
   defp installed do
     File.ls!(Pleroma.Frontend.dir())

lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/operations/admin/frontend_operation.ex

@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ def install_operation do
       requestBody: request_body("Parameters", install_request(), required: true),
       responses: %{
         200 => Operation.response("Response", "application/json", list_of_frontends()),
-        403 => Operation.response("Forbidden", "application/json", ApiError)
+        403 => Operation.response("Forbidden", "application/json", ApiError),
+        400 => Operation.response("Error", "application/json", ApiError)
       }
     }
   end

test/pleroma/web/admin_api/controllers/frontend_controller_test.exs

@@ -118,5 +118,24 @@ test "from an URL", %{conn: conn} do
 
       assert File.exists?(Path.join([@dir, "frontends", "unknown", "baka", "test.txt"]))
     end
+
+    test "failing returns an error", %{conn: conn} do
+      Tesla.Mock.mock(fn %{url: "http://gensokyo.2hu/madeup.zip"} ->
+        %Tesla.Env{status: 404, body: ""}
+      end)
+
+      result =
+        conn
+        |> put_req_header("content-type", "application/json")
+        |> post("/api/pleroma/admin/frontends/install", %{
+          name: "unknown",
+          ref: "baka",
+          build_url: "http://gensokyo.2hu/madeup.zip",
+          build_dir: ""
+        })
+        |> json_response_and_validate_schema(400)
+
+      assert result == %{"error" => "Could not download or unzip the frontend"}
+    end
   end
 end