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| -rw-r--r-- | changelog.d/8705.misc | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/handlers/profile.py | 8 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/8705.misc b/changelog.d/8705.misc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1189464a02 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/8705.misc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Improve the error returned when a non-string displayname or avatar_url is used when updating a user's profile. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/synapse/handlers/profile.py b/synapse/handlers/profile.py index 14348faaf3..74a1ddd780 100644 --- a/synapse/handlers/profile.py +++ b/synapse/handlers/profile.py @@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ class ProfileHandler(BaseHandler): ) if not isinstance(new_displayname, str): - raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid displayname") + raise SynapseError( + 400, "'displayname' must be a string", errcode=Codes.INVALID_PARAM + ) if len(new_displayname) > MAX_DISPLAYNAME_LEN: raise SynapseError( @@ -273,7 +275,9 @@ class ProfileHandler(BaseHandler): ) if not isinstance(new_avatar_url, str): - raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid displayname") + raise SynapseError( + 400, "'avatar_url' must be a string", errcode=Codes.INVALID_PARAM + ) if len(new_avatar_url) > MAX_AVATAR_URL_LEN: raise SynapseError( |