From 238ff0b603dd901300095f952cf4b272ab475037 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hayden Hargreaves <hhargreaves2006@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 14:27:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] FIX: Download only works when valid files are selected.

---
 backend/src/server.ts            |  2 +-
 frontend/src/pages/Dashboard.jsx | 25 +++++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/src/server.ts b/backend/src/server.ts
index 400a23e..57cebac 100644
--- a/backend/src/server.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ v1.post("/download", (req: Request, res: Response): void => {
 
     // Validate the path array
     if (!filePaths || !Array.isArray(filePaths) || filePaths.length === 0) {
-        res.status(400).send({error: 'Invalid file paths provided.'});
+        res.status(400).send({code: 400, error: 'Invalid file paths provided.'});
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Dashboard.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/Dashboard.jsx
index 1e26443..8126baa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Dashboard.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Dashboard.jsx
@@ -137,19 +137,20 @@ export default function Dashboard() {
                     body: JSON.stringify({filePaths: paths}),
                 });
                 if (!resp.ok) {
-                    setError(`HTTP error! status: ${resp.status}`);
+                    const data = await resp.json();
+                    setError(`Error ${data.code}: ${data.error}`);
+                } else {
+                    // TODO: Figure out how tf this works.
+                    const blob = await resp.blob();
+                    const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+                    const a = document.createElement('a');
+                    a.href = url;
+                    a.download = "downloads.zip";
+                    document.body.appendChild(a);
+                    a.click();
+                    document.body.removeChild(a);
+                    window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
                 }
-
-                // TODO: Figure out how tf this works.
-                const blob = await resp.blob();
-                const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
-                const a = document.createElement('a');
-                a.href = url;
-                a.download = "downloads.zip";
-                document.body.appendChild(a);
-                a.click();
-                document.body.removeChild(a);
-                window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
             } catch (err) {
                 console.error(`Download error: ${err}`);
             }