feedback when importing elm project fails

[brandly]

i'm unable to import large elm project, at least without providing a github token. for example, importing the dependency graph for stil4m/elm-syntax causes a rate limit error before all the files have been fetched.

currently, the only way to know what happened is by looking in the dev tools. it'd be nice if we reported/displayed errors in this situation.

EDIT: just to confirm, providing a github token gets past the rate limit. the error message should point you towards getting a token of your own.

[erkal]

thank you for reporting this.
we also need an explanation there, that the access token is needed for private repositories.

This does not tell so much

[erkal]

I think putting there a question mark in a circle, which on mouseover shows the following text would be an ok solution:

providing an access token is necessary for the following cases:

• accessing private repositories
• preventing a rate limit error on big projects

So that we don't have to complicate the code for an edge case.
What do you think?

[brandly]

it'd be good to display that text!

i think we still need to report errors in a few places, including this one. you may get rate limited, in which case we should encourage getting a github token, but maybe your wifi suddenly fails, in which case you just need to try again once you're online.

there's also no feedback if you try to import a DOT file and the file fails to parse. this has confused me a few times.

maybe we can have "toast" notifications popup, and use those notifications for a variety of errors.

[brandly]

i was using another app, and this popped up when i hit the GitHub rate limit.

just wanted to record this for inspiration