client better error handliing

Lokiedu · Oct 16, 2016 · 33b6b9c · 33b6b9c
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commit 33b6b9c
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diff --git a/src/api/client.js b/src/api/client.js
@@ -196,8 +196,17 @@ export default class ApiClient
   }
 
   async getAvailableUsername(username) {
+    let json;
     const response = await this.get(`/api/v1/user/available-username/${username}`);
-    const json = await response.json();
+
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      json = await response.json();
+      const error = json.error || response.statusText;
+      throw new Error(error);
+    }
+
+    json = await response.json();
+
     return json.username;
   }