From b261562ddafe9f1afd3da7557879c700270da16a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taka <taka@vm-linux-dev>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 03:34:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Show a better error message if the Flask server is not
 running.

---
 web/src/App.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/web/src/App.js b/web/src/App.js
index 27d4d7c..6261f14 100644
--- a/web/src/App.js
+++ b/web/src/App.js
@@ -202,7 +202,11 @@ export class App extends React.Component
                 on_startup_ok() ;
         } )
         .catch( err => {
-            this.showErrorToast( <div> Couldn't get the startup messages: <div className="monospace"> {err.toString()} </div> </div> ) ;
+            let errorMsg = err.toString() ;
+            if ( errorMsg.indexOf( "502" ) !== -1 || errorMsg.indexOf( "504" ) !== -1 )
+                this.showErrorToast( <div> Couldn't connect to the backend Flask server. </div> ) ;
+            else
+                this.showErrorToast( <div> Couldn't get the startup messages: <div className="monospace"> {errorMsg} </div> </div> ) ;
             on_startup_failure() ;
         } ) ;
     }