Improved error handling around file upload

[elymar]

When uploading a file, there was an error message: 

The issue is that it's not informative enough. Going into the developer console I was able to pull out more information: 

{"message":"file size exceeds quota"}

I suggest to propagate the message to the UI

[cbennell1]

I totally agree! Our teachers bump into this problem all the time. It's a problem they could solve themselves, rather than contacting support. Thank you. 

[BCullen_]

I've just come across the "Request Failed with status code of 400". After some investigating via Course Settings > Course Statistics > File Storage I was able to see that I was actually out of space as the file I was uploading was large.

I really think having semantic statements for the errors instead of codes would be extremely helpful for the end user e.g. "File not uploaded, storage quota exceeded" instead of the error 400 code.

Regards,

B. Cullen

[depdavid]

Designing an app, My first rule is I shouldn't need a calculator with an app. Same goes with the app knowing what's going on.

I try to upload an image file and I get a dumb message:

'Something went wrong'.

The error got triggered because my file store was full (238% - a different crazy issue).

Canvas should do several things:

• Tell me my file storage is full (since it knows that's the problem).
• Include a link to the File Storage management, with instructions on how much storage is available and how to delete.

This is the essence of what a well designed app UI is supposed to do.

Thank you. 

[ProductPanda]

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