Better responses to invalid HTTP times

nilmdb/server/server.py

@@ -84,10 +84,18 @@ class Stream(NilmApp):
     # Helpers
     def _get_times(self, start_param, end_param):
         (start, end) = (None, None)
-        if start_param is not None:
-            start = string_to_timestamp(start_param)
-        if end_param is not None:
-            end = string_to_timestamp(end_param)
+        try:
+            if start_param is not None:
+                start = string_to_timestamp(start_param)
+        except Exception:
+            raise cherrypy.HTTPError("400 Bad Request", sprintf(
+                "invalid start (%s): must be a numeric timestamp", start_param))
+        try:
+            if end_param is not None:
+                end = string_to_timestamp(end_param)
+        except Exception:
+            raise cherrypy.HTTPError("400 Bad Request", sprintf(
+                "invalid end (%s): must be a numeric timestamp", end_param))
         if start is not None and end is not None:
             if start >= end:
                 raise cherrypy.HTTPError(

tests/test_client.py

@@ -242,6 +242,19 @@ class TestClient(object):
         in_("400 Bad Request", str(e.exception))
         in_("start must precede end", str(e.exception))
 
+        # Invalid times in HTTP request
+        with assert_raises(ClientError) as e:
+            client.http.put("stream/insert", "", { "path": "/newton/prep",
+                                                   "start": "asdf", "end": 0 })
+        in_("400 Bad Request", str(e.exception))
+        in_("invalid start", str(e.exception))
+
+        with assert_raises(ClientError) as e:
+            client.http.put("stream/insert", "", { "path": "/newton/prep",
+                                                   "start": 0, "end": "asdf" })
+        in_("400 Bad Request", str(e.exception))
+        in_("invalid end", str(e.exception))
+
         # Good content type
         with assert_raises(ClientError) as e:
             client.http.put("stream/insert", "",