✨ 🚧 💡 Catches the query exception when we try to save a large paste

Author: svpernova09

app/Http/Controllers/PastesController.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use App\Paste;
 use App\Http\Requests\PasteRequest;
+use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
 
 class PastesController extends Controller
 {
@@ -14,7 +15,13 @@ public function create()
 
     public function post(PasteRequest $request)
     {
-        $paste = Paste::fromRequest($request);
+        try {
+            $paste = Paste::fromRequest($request);
+        } catch (QueryException $e) {
+            $request->session()->flash('editor_error','Data entered was too long');
+
+            return redirect('/')->withInput();
+        }
 
         return redirect()->route('show', $paste->hash);
     }
@@ -36,7 +43,13 @@ public function edit(Paste $paste)
 
     public function fork(PasteRequest $request, Paste $paste)
     {
-        $paste = Paste::fromFork($paste, $request);
+        try {
+            $paste = Paste::fromFork($paste, $request);
+        } catch (QueryException $e) {
+            $request->session()->flash('editor_error','Data entered was too long');
+
+            return redirect('/')->withInput();
+        }
 
         return redirect()->route('show', $paste->hash);
     }

resources/views/_errors.blade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+@if (session('editor_error'))
+    <div class="alert alert-danger">
+        There was a problem with your paste!
+        <ul>
+            <li>{{ session('editor_error') }}</li>
+        </ul>
+    </div>
+@endif

resources/views/create.blade.php

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
             @include('_logo')
 
             <div class="options">
+                @include('_errors')
                 <ul>
                     <li><input type="submit" value="Save (CMD+S)" class="button"></li>
                     <li><input type="reset" value="Clear" class="button"></li>

resources/views/edit.blade.php

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
             @include('_logo')
 
             <div class="options">
+                @include('_errors')
                 <ul>
                     <li><input type="submit" value="Save (CMD/CTRL+S)" class="button"></li>
                     <li><input type="reset" value="Clear" class="button"></li>

tests/Feature/LimitCodeLengthTest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Feature;
+
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class LimitCodeLengthTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_disallows_long_code_posts()
+    {
+        $long_text = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../artifacts/LongText.txt');
+
+        $this->post('/', ['code' => $long_text])
+            ->assertStatus(302)
+            ->assertSessionHas('editor_error', 'Data entered was too long')
+            ->assertRedirect('/');
+    }
+}