From 00ca24fd7f3a9f7252b54e9007635a76d9f00cd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcin Kulik <m@ku1ik.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:25:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Favor server message when displaying upload error for 413
 status

---
 src/api.rs | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/api.rs b/src/api.rs
index cd8087c..2441c82 100644
--- a/src/api.rs
+++ b/src/api.rs
@@ -62,10 +62,18 @@ pub async fn create_recording(path: &str, config: &Config) -> Result<RecordingRe
         .await?;
 
     if response.status().as_u16() == 413 {
-        bail!("The size of the recording exceeds the server's configured limit");
-    }
+        match response.json::<ErrorResponse>().await {
+            Ok(json) => {
+                bail!("{}", json.message);
+            }
 
-    response.error_for_status_ref()?;
+            Err(_) => {
+                bail!("The recording exceeds the server-configured size limit");
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        response.error_for_status_ref()?;
+    }
 
     Ok(response.json::<RecordingResponse>().await?)
 }