Bad Zone can mess up getting GCE instance

[muschellij2]

Describe the bug
I accidentally sent a bad zone and gce_get_instance didn't fail. This affects gce_vm in the error catching. It didn't cause an error. It errors only when you go to show the object:

token = gargle::credentials_gce()
googleAuthR::gar_auth(token = token, cache = FALSE)
#> ℹ 2021-09-01 23:08:03 > Setting client.id from options(googleAuthR.client_id)
x = googleComputeEngineR::gce_get_instance("blah", 
                                           project = "MYPROJECT",
                                           "us-east4-c#/bin/bash")
x
#> ==Google Compute Engine Instance==
#> 
#> Name:                us-east4-c
#> Created:             1969-12-31 16:00:00
#> Error in basename(x$machineType): a character vector argument expected

^{Created on 2021-09-01 by the reprex package (v2.0.0)}

[MarkEdmondson1234]

The print out error is a cosmetic bug via print S3 method here:

googleComputeEngineR/R/print-methods.R

Lines 41 to 53 in 7736789

	print.gce_instance <- function(x, ...){
	cat("==Google Compute Engine Instance==\n")
	cat("\nName: ", x$name)
	cat("\nCreated: ", as.character(timestamp_to_r(x$creationTimestamp)))
	cat("\nMachine Type: ", basename(x$machineType))
	cat("\nStatus: ", x$status)
	cat("\nZone: ", basename(x$zone))
	cat("\nExternal IP: ", x$networkInterfaces$accessConfigs[[1]]$natIP)
	cat("\nDisks: \n")
	print(x$disks[ , c("deviceName","type","mode","boot","autoDelete")])
	cat("\nMetadata: \n")
	print(x$metadata$items[!x$metadata$items$key %in% c("startup-script","user-data"),])

The instance object itself will still be valid if you view it via str() - but it should also make sure the zone is valid - I guess if the API didn't error it ignroed it?

[muschellij2]

Yeah the error is spurious, it’s the underlying call that is problematic and surprising it doesn’t return an error message. I added some validation in my Frankenstein PR.

On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 4:36 AM Mark ***@***.***> wrote: The print out error is only the print S3 method here: https://github.com/cloudyr/googleComputeEngineR/blob/77367894333373932b3dcb54568b4bd2fbee9592/R/print-methods.R#L41-L53 The instance object itself will still be valid if you view it via str() - but it should also make sure the zone is valid - I guess if the API didn't error it ignroed it? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#180 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAIGPLSXWB6OZXPO2XWUIMDT74ZRJANCNFSM5DHTFXMA> . Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>.

-- Best, John