Add better error handling for config loading process

inotify-proxy.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cmuench/inotify-proxy/internal/util"
 	"github.com/cmuench/inotify-proxy/internal/watcher"
 	"github.com/gookit/color"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -41,7 +42,12 @@ func main() {
 func loadConfig(c config.Config, includedDirectories []string, profilePtr *string) []string {
 	if util.FileExists("inotify-proxy.yaml") {
 		color.Info.Println("load config")
-		c = config.ReadFile("inotify-proxy.yaml")
+		c, err := config.ReadFile("inotify-proxy.yaml");
+
+		if err != nil {
+			color.Errorf("error: Invalid config provided.\n")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
 
 		for _, watch := range c.Watch {
 			includedDirectories = append(includedDirectories, watch.Dir)

internal/config/config.go

@@ -14,20 +14,30 @@ type Config struct {
 	Profile string `yaml:"profile"`
 }
 
-func ReadFile(filename string) Config {
-	yamlData, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+func ReadFile(filename string) (Config, error) {
+	var (
+		c Config
+		err error
+		yamlData []byte
+	)
+	yamlData, err = ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return c, err
 	}
 
+	c, err = Parse(yamlData)
+
+	return c, err
+}
+
+func Parse(yamlData []byte) (Config, error) {
 	var c Config
-	err = yaml.Unmarshal(yamlData, &c)
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal(yamlData, &c)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return c, err
 	}
 
-	return c
+	return c, nil
 }
-

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseValidYaml(t *testing.T) {
+
+	validYamlData := `
+---
+watch:
+  - dir: /tmp/watch1
+  - dir: /tmp/watch2
+profile: magento2
+
+`
+	c, err := Parse([]byte(validYamlData))
+
+	assert.NoError(t, err, "Config is valid and should not throw an error")
+	assert.IsType(t, Config{}, c)
+}
+
+func TestParseInvalidYaml(t *testing.T) {
+	invalidYamlData := `
+---
+watch
+
+`
+	_, err := Parse([]byte(invalidYamlData))
+
+	assert.Error(t, err, "Config is invalid and should throw an error")
+}