Managing http errors in request

noctua/utils/check.py

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ def content_errors(content):
 
     return content_errors_inner
 
-
 def request_errors(func):
     '''
     Decorator for handling exceptions on a class method.
@@ -78,17 +77,33 @@ def request_errors(func):
             res = e.response
 
             if res.status_code == 400:
-                # '0x80001005\r\nThe Error Message\r\n'
-                msg = f"{name}: Device error"
+                # API returns body like: '0x8000100a\r\nParameter(s) missing.\r\n'
+                try:
+                    # Attempt to parse the API-specific error
+                    body_lines = res.text.strip().split('\r\n')
+                    error_code = body_lines[0]
+                    error_message = body_lines[1] if len(body_lines) > 1 else "No error message provided."
+                    msg = f"{name}: Bad Request - API Error {error_code}: {error_message}"
                     log.error(msg)
-                this.error.append(res.text.replace("\r\n", " "))
+                    this.error.append(msg)
+                except (IndexError, AttributeError):
+                    # Fallback for unexpected 400 error format
+                    msg = f"{name}: Bad Request with unparsable body."
+                    log.error(msg)
+                    log.error(f"Raw response: {res.text}")
+                    this.error.append(msg)
+
             elif res.status_code == 500:
-                log.error(res.reason)  # Device error
-                log.error(res.text)
-                this.error.append(res.reason)
+                msg = f"{name}: Internal Server Error on device."
+                log.error(msg)
+                log.error(f"Reason: {res.reason}")
+                log.error(f"Response: {res.text}")
+                this.error.append(msg)
                 this.error.append(res.text)
-            else:  # 404
-                log.error(e)  # Not found
+
+            else:  # 404 Not Found, etc.
+                msg = f"{name}: HTTP Error - {e}"
+                log.error(msg)
                 this.error.append(str(e))
 
             return