Use existing form errors to flash error messages

This is nice because we can reuse the translated strings of form error
messages in another context.

Suggested by Glandos.

ihatemoney/utils.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from babel.numbers import get_currency_name, get_currency_symbol
 from flask import current_app, escape, redirect, render_template
 from flask_babel import get_locale, lazy_gettext as _
 import jinja2
+from markupsafe import Markup
 from werkzeug.routing import HTTPException, RoutingException
 
 
@@ -394,3 +395,23 @@ def render_localized_template(template_name_prefix, **context):
     ]
     # render_template() supports a list of templates to try in order
     return render_template(templates, **context)
+
+
+def format_form_errors(form, prefix):
+    """Format all form errors into a single string, with a string prefix in
+    front.  Useful for flashing the result.
+    """
+    if len(form.errors) == 0:
+        return ""
+    elif len(form.errors) == 1:
+        # I18N: Form error with only one error
+        return _("{prefix}: {error}").format(
+            prefix=prefix, error=form.errors.popitem()[1][0]
+        )
+    else:
+        error_list = "</li><li>".join(
+            str(error) for (field, errors) in form.errors.items() for error in errors
+        )
+        errors = f"<ul><li>{error_list}</li></ul>"
+        # I18N: Form error with a list of errors
+        return Markup(_("{prefix}:<br />{errors}").format(prefix=prefix, errors=errors))

ihatemoney/web.py

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ from ihatemoney.models import Bill, LoggingMode, Person, Project, db
 from ihatemoney.utils import (
     LoginThrottler,
     Redirect303,
+    format_form_errors,
     get_members,
     list_of_dicts2csv,
     list_of_dicts2json,
@@ -524,7 +525,7 @@ def delete_project():
         return redirect(url_for(".home"))
     else:
         flash(
-            _("Error deleting project: wrong private code or wrong CSRF token"),
+            format_form_errors(form, _("Error deleting project")),
             category="danger",
         )
     return redirect(request.headers.get("Referer") or url_for(".home"))
@@ -619,6 +620,7 @@ def invite():
 @main.route("/<project_id>/")
 def list_bills():
     bill_form = get_billform_for(g.project)
+    # Used for CSRF validation
     csrf_form = EmptyForm()
     # set the last selected payer as default choice if exists
     if "last_selected_payer" in session:
@@ -660,7 +662,7 @@ def reactivate(member_id):
     # Used for CSRF validation
     form = EmptyForm()
     if not form.validate():
-        flash(_("CSRF Token: The CSRF token is invalid."), category="danger")
+        flash(format_form_errors(form, _("Error activating member")), category="danger")
         return redirect(url_for(".list_bills"))
 
     person = (
@@ -680,7 +682,7 @@ def remove_member(member_id):
     # Used for CSRF validation
     form = EmptyForm()
     if not form.validate():
-        flash(_("CSRF Token: The CSRF token is invalid."), category="danger")
+        flash(format_form_errors(form, _("Error removing member")), category="danger")
         return redirect(url_for(".list_bills"))
 
     member = g.project.remove_member(member_id)
@@ -745,7 +747,7 @@ def delete_bill(bill_id):
     # Used for CSRF validation
     form = EmptyForm()
     if not form.validate():
-        flash(_("CSRF Token: The CSRF token is invalid."), category="danger")
+        flash(format_form_errors(form, _("Error deleting bill")), category="danger")
         return redirect(url_for(".list_bills"))
 
     bill = Bill.query.get(g.project, bill_id)
@@ -822,7 +824,7 @@ def erase_history():
     form = DestructiveActionProjectForm(id=g.project.id)
     if not form.validate():
         flash(
-            _("Error deleting project history: wrong private code or wrong CSRF token"),
+            format_form_errors(form, _("Error deleting project history")),
             category="danger",
         )
         return redirect(url_for(".history"))
@@ -841,9 +843,7 @@ def strip_ip_addresses():
     form = DestructiveActionProjectForm(id=g.project.id)
     if not form.validate():
         flash(
-            _(
-                "Error deleting recorded IP addresses: wrong private code or wrong CSRF token"
-            ),
+            format_form_errors(form, _("Error deleting recorded IP addresses")),
             category="danger",
         )
         return redirect(url_for(".history"))