From 64f289a98d67b686b1bc55010de4d1b23c0a4c80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nic D <n_drolet@hotmail.ca>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:08:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(chatbot): reverted testing changes, made error messages
 more explicit

---
 src/chatbot/chatbot.service.ts | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/chatbot/chatbot.service.ts b/src/chatbot/chatbot.service.ts
index 81a96b1..4f3a6f0 100644
--- a/src/chatbot/chatbot.service.ts
+++ b/src/chatbot/chatbot.service.ts
@@ -12,15 +12,29 @@ export class ChatbotService {
     async pingExternalApi(body: UserMessageDto, email: string): Promise<Message> {
         try {
             const response = await firstValueFrom(this.httpService.post(
-                'https://n8nai.targo.ca/webhook/chatty-Mcbot', 
-                { userInput: body.userInput, userId: email, sessionId: this.sessionId, pageContext: body.pageContext ?? undefined }
+                'https://n8nai.targo.ca/webhook/chatty-Mcbot',
+                {
+                    userInput: body.userInput,
+                    userId: email,
+                    sessionId: this.sessionId,
+                    pageContext: body.pageContext ?? undefined
+                }
             ));
 
-            console.log('chatbot data received: ', response);
-    
+            if (!response.data) 
+                return {
+                    text: 'chatbot.error.NO_DATA_RECEIVED',
+                    sent: false,
+                }
+
+            if (!response.data[0].output) 
+                return {
+                    text: 'chatbot.error.NO_OUTPUT_RECEIVED',
+                    sent: false,
+                }
+
             return {
-                // text: data[0].output,
-                text: 'success',
+                text: response.data[0].output,
                 sent: false,
             };
         } catch (error) {