Better error reporting on failure

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3a48757..329d7b6 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -61,10 +61,21 @@ app.command("/veeti", async ({ command, ack, respond, client }) => {
     }
   };
 
+  const respondTaskFailed = async (err: unknown) => {
+    console.error("Task failed", err);
+    void respond({
+      text:
+        "Failed to download video, please try again later. Error: " +
+        String(err),
+      response_type: "ephemeral",
+    });
+  };
+
   addTask({
     type: "download_instagram",
     url,
     respondWithFile,
+    respondTaskFailed,
   });
 });
 
@@ -83,6 +94,7 @@ const taskLoop = async () => {
           }
         }, MAX_RETRIES);
       } catch (e) {
+        void task.respondTaskFailed(e);
         console.error("Task failed after max retries, skipping task.", task, e);
       }
     } else {
diff --git a/src/instagram_task.ts b/src/instagram_task.ts
index 09b82b5..bea1e38 100644
--- a/src/instagram_task.ts
+++ b/src/instagram_task.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export interface InstagramTask {
   type: "download_instagram";
   url: string;
   respondWithFile: (filePath: string) => Promise<void>;
+  respondTaskFailed: (err: unknown) => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 export const runDownloadInstagramTask = async (task: InstagramTask) => {