Improve error messages when fetching from GitHub api (#1781)

bluwy · Andarist · web-flow · commit d4b8ad8158fe · 2026-02-24T23:29:01.000+01:00
* Improve error messages when fetching github api

* Fix lint

* tweak

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Co-authored-by: Mateusz Burzyński &lt;mateuszburzynski@gmail.com&gt;
diff --git a/.changeset/heavy-lions-stick.md b/.changeset/heavy-lions-stick.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@changesets/get-github-info": patch
+---
+
+Improve error messages when fail to fetch data from GitHub
diff --git a/packages/get-github-info/src/index.ts b/packages/get-github-info/src/index.ts
@@ -101,17 +101,31 @@ const GHDataLoader = new DataLoader(async (requests: RequestData[]) => {
     repos[repo].push(data);
   });
 
-  const data = await fetch(GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL, {
-    method: "POST",
-    headers: {
-      Authorization: `Token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}`,
-    },
-    body: JSON.stringify({ query: makeQuery(repos) }),
-  }).then((x: any) => x.json());
+  let fetchResponse;
+  try {
+    fetchResponse = await fetch(GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: {
+        Authorization: `Token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}`,
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ query: makeQuery(repos) }),
+    });
+  } catch (e: any) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `An error occurred when fetching data from GitHub\n${e.message}`
+    );
+  }
+
+  let data;
+  try {
+    data = await fetchResponse.json();
+  } catch (e: any) {
+    throw new Error(`Failed to parse data from GitHub\n${e.message}`);
+  }
 
   if (data.errors) {
     throw new Error(
-      `An error occurred when fetching data from GitHub\n${JSON.stringify(
+      `Fetched data from GitHub returned errors\n${JSON.stringify(
         data.errors,
         null,
         2
@@ -122,9 +136,7 @@ const GHDataLoader = new DataLoader(async (requests: RequestData[]) => {
   // this is mainly for the case where there's an authentication problem
   if (!data.data) {
     throw new Error(
-      `An error occurred when fetching data from GitHub\n${JSON.stringify(
-        data
-      )}`
+      `Fetched data from GitHub has missing data\n${JSON.stringify(data)}`
     );
   }
 

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 +---
 +"@changesets/get-github-info": patch
 +---
++
 +Improve error messages when fail to fetch data from GitHub