frontend/app/multistep/common/ErrorViewComponent.jsx

import React from "react";
import PropTypes from "prop-types";

class ErrorViewComponent extends React.Component {
  static propTypes = {
    error: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
    newVersionComponent: PropTypes.object,
  };

  /* expects axios error response in props.error */
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
  }

  niceMakeString(someObject) {
    if (someObject.isObjectLike({})) {
      return this.dictToList(someObject);
    } else if (Array.isArray(someObject)) {
      return someObject.reduce(
        (acc, item) => acc + this.niceMakeString(item),
        ""
      );
    } else {
      return someObject.toString();
    }
  }

  dictToList(dictObject) {
    return (
      <ul>
        {Object.keys(dictObject).map((key) => (
          <li>
            {key}: {this.niceMakeString(dictObject[key])}
          </li>
        ))}
      </ul>
    );
  }

  bestErrorString(errorObj) {
    if (errorObj.hasOwnProperty("detail"))
      return JSON.stringify(errorObj.detail);
    return errorObj.toString();
  }

  render() {
    if (!this.props.error) {
      return <p className="error-text" />;
    }

    if (this.props.error.response) {
      // The request was made and the server responded with a status code
      // that falls out of the range of 2xx
      return (
        <p className="error-text">
          Server error {this.props.error.response.status}:{" "}
          {this.bestErrorString(this.props.error.response.data)}
        </p>
      );
    } else if (this.props.error.request) {
      // The request was made but no response was received
      // `error.request` is an instance of XMLHttpRequest in the browser and an instance of
      // http.ClientRequest in node.js
      console.error("Failed request: ", this.props.error.request);
      return (
        <p className="error-text">
          No response from server. See console log for more details.
        </p>
      );
    } else {
      // Something happened in setting up the request that triggered an Error
      console.error(
        "Axios error setting up request: ",
        this.props.error.message
      );
      return (
        <p className="error-text">
          Unable to set up request. See console log for more details.
        </p>
      );
    }
  }
}

export default ErrorViewComponent;