🚀 Feature: Improve Error Message when Authentication is Required

[stnguyen90]

🔖 Feature description

If the cookie in the pref.json is set but invalid, appwrite init project returns with:

✗ Error User (role: guests) missing scope (projects.read)

with verbose

$ appwrite init project --verbose
? How would you like to start? Link this directory to an existing Appwrite project
AppwriteException [Error]: User (role: guests) missing scope (projects.read)
    at Client.call (/Users/steven/.nvm/versions/node/v16.16.0/lib/node_modules/appwrite-cli/lib/client.js:209:19)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at async projectsList (/Users/steven/.nvm/versions/node/v16.16.0/lib/node_modules/appwrite-cli/lib/commands/projects.js:33:16)
    at async Object.choices (/Users/steven/.nvm/versions/node/v16.16.0/lib/node_modules/appwrite-cli/lib/questions.js:129:28) {
  code: 401,
  response: [Object: null prototype] {
    message: 'User (role: guests) missing scope (projects.read)',
    code: 401,
    type: 'general_unauthorized_scope',
    version: 'dev',
    file: '/usr/src/code/app/controllers/general.php',
    line: 365,
    trace: [
      [Object: null prototype],
      [Object: null prototype],
      [Object: null prototype]
    ]
  }
}
✗ Error User (role: guests) missing scope (projects.read)

It would be nice if the error message was more helpful. Tanmoy Karmakar has suggested:

Cannot access projects. Login is required use appwrite login command

FYI, if the cookie is not set we respond with:

✗ Error Session not found. Please run `appwrite login` to create a session

🎤 Pitch

The current error is very technical and doesn't give the user any guidance on how to proceed. A clearer, more helpful error message will create a better developer experience.

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🏢 Have you read the Code of Conduct?

• I have read the Code of Conduct

[Udassi-Pawan]

Hey @stnguyen90 ,
I would like to work on this issue, would you assign it to me?

[stnguyen90]

@Udassi-Pawan assigned! Thanks for your interest! 🙏🏼 Remember to make the change in our sdk-generator repo!