better error logging for AF

index.js

@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ app.get('/apiv2/feed',cors(),logger,function(req,res){
 		res.send(data);
 	}).catch((er)=>{
 		res.status(500);
-		res.send(errorPage(500,null,{theme:opts.theme,size:opts.size}));
-		// TODO log the error
+		res.send(errorPage(500,er.toString(),{theme:opts.theme,size:opts.size}));
+		// log the error
 		console.error(er,er.stack);
 	})
 })

lib/apGet.js

@@ -66,12 +66,20 @@ module.exports = async function apGet(url,ttl) {
 
         console.log("axios request info: \n"+JSON.stringify(axiosOpts,null,2))
         
-        let response = await axios(axiosOpts)
+        let response
+        try {
+            response = await axios(axiosOpts)
+        } catch(e){
+            if (e.response){
+                throw new Error(`got ${e.response.status} response from server: `+JSON.stringify(e.response.data))
+            } else {
+                throw e
+            }
+        }
         // axios would have rejected if we got a 4xx or 5xx or not json
         cache.set(url, response.data, {
             ttl:  ttl || 24 * hour
         });
         return response.data
-
     
 }