feat: better error message for missing peer dependency

request · Jul 12, 2016 · e791f17 · e791f17
1 parent 8c42fda
commit e791f17
Showing 1 changed file with 13 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/lib/rp.js b/lib/rp.js
@@ -4,8 +4,19 @@ var Bluebird = require('bluebird'),
     configure = require('@request/promise-core/configure/request2'),
     stealthyRequire = require('stealthy-require')(require);
 
-// Load Request freshly - so that users can require an unaltered request instance!
-var request = stealthyRequire('request');
+try {
+
+    // Load Request freshly - so that users can require an unaltered request instance!
+    var request = stealthyRequire('request');
+
+} catch (err) {
+    /* istanbul ignore next */
+    var EOL = require('os').EOL;
+    /* istanbul ignore next */
+    console.error(EOL + '###' + EOL + '### The "request" library is not installed automatically anymore.' + EOL + '### But required by "request-promise".' + EOL + '###' + EOL + '### npm install request --save' + EOL + '###' + EOL);
+    /* istanbul ignore next */
+    throw err;
+}
 
 
 configure({