From 896a472f1a9499ee19d5a4108dc25d4e50fa0691 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tom <62763456+amplitudesxd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:25:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: surface blocklist error message (#2277)

---
 apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/utils/blocklist.ts | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/utils/blocklist.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/utils/blocklist.ts
index 201b447d3..1f7a3966d 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/utils/blocklist.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/WebScraper/utils/blocklist.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ export async function initializeBlocklist() {
     .from("blocklist")
     .select("*")
     .single();
-  if (error || !data) {
-    throw new Error("Error getting blocklist");
+
+  if (error) {
+    throw new Error(`Error getting blocklist: ${error.message}`);
+  }
+
+  if (!data) {
+    throw new Error("Error getting blocklist: No data returned from database");
   }
   blob = data.data;
 }