Feature Request: Better clarity on error messages

[clening]

I've recently created a Goggle and notice that the error messages displayed are often unhelpful to a user (especially to someone who isn't a software engineer. Case in point:

Line 70: Invalid character in site value

Here's my line 70: $boost=10,$site=^ca.gov

Line 77: There was an error processing your Goggle

$boost=10,$site=lis.virginia.gov

It would be helpful if errors were a bit more verbose - for example, what character is making Goggles sad? For Line 77, is there an error code from the website, or is this a formatting issue?

Suggestion Please consider adding more verbose error handling.

[remusao]

Hi @clening,

Thanks for reaching out. We will definitely consider making the error messages more clear in the future as in this case I agree that they are not very useful.

I think your instruction $boost=10,$site=^ca.gov could be written as $boost=10,site=ca.gov. The $ character only needs to be specified once to signify the start of an option list (coma-separate). What comes before $ is the (optional) pattern that would need to match the URL of the result (e.g. /some/pattern$boost=10).

The second instruction could be written as $boost=10,site=lis.virginia.gov (same reason as above).

Would you be able to share the URL where your Goggle is hosted so that I can have a closer look?