From 4c0955e02847132f74f23494d018e6aa6f4c3001 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Max=20K=C3=BChn?= <maxfischer2781@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 14:36:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] extract error information from APEL token endpoint

---
 plugins/apel/src/auditor_apel_plugin/core.py | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/apel/src/auditor_apel_plugin/core.py b/plugins/apel/src/auditor_apel_plugin/core.py
index 0eb52e43e..94f1833d6 100644
--- a/plugins/apel/src/auditor_apel_plugin/core.py
+++ b/plugins/apel/src/auditor_apel_plugin/core.py
@@ -466,10 +466,15 @@ def get_token(config):
     except requests.Timeout:
         logger.critical("Timeout while getting token")
         raise
-
-    token = response.json()["token"]
-
-    return token
+    try:
+        return response.json()["token"]
+    except KeyError:
+        if error_message := response.json().get("error", {}).get("message"):
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"could not get authentication token: {error_message} [{response.status_code} {response.reason}]"
+            )
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        raise
 
 
 def sign_msg(config, msg):