From 1b704e0954bb6ca81fc091717b18e7401aa3731f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dennis Chen <dchen@mathadvance.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 16:18:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] have humanReadableError return strings verbatim

If typeof error === 'string', then obviously the string `error` is the
error we should be returning.
---
 frontend/src/constants/backend.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/constants/backend.ts b/frontend/src/constants/backend.ts
index 67f984ed..79826320 100644
--- a/frontend/src/constants/backend.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/constants/backend.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ export const BACKEND_URL =
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line
 export const humanReadableError = (error: any | undefined) => {
-  if (isAxiosError(error)) {
+  if (typeof error === "string") {
+    return error;
+  } else if (isAxiosError(error)) {
     const axiosError = error as AxiosError;
     const request = axiosError.request,
       response = axiosError.response;