error handling while adding events

server/api/controller/user.js

@@ -37,11 +37,16 @@ const userController = {
    * add event
    */
   async addEvent (req, res) {
+    // req.err comes from multer streaming error
     if (req.err) {
       debug(req.err)
       return res.status(400).json(req.err.toString())
     }
+
+    try {
       const body = req.body
+      const recurrent = body.recurrent ? JSON.parse(body.recurrent) : null
+
       const eventDetails = {
         title: body.title,
         // remove html tags
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ const userController = {
         multidate: body.multidate,
         start_datetime: body.start_datetime,
         end_datetime: body.end_datetime,
-      recurrent: body.recurrent,
+        recurrent,
         // publish this event only if authenticated
         is_visible: !!req.user
       }
@@ -61,18 +66,13 @@ const userController = {
       const event = await Event.create(eventDetails)
 
       // create place if needed
-    let place
-    try {
-      place = await Place.findOrCreate({
+      const place = await Place.findOrCreate({
         where: { name: body.place_name },
         defaults: { address: body.place_address }
       })
         .spread((place, created) => place)
       await event.setPlace(place)
       event.place = place
-    } catch (e) {
-      debug(e)
-    }
 
       // create/assign tags
       if (body.tags) {
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ const userController = {
         const notifier = require('../../notifier')
         notifier.notifyEvent('Create', event.id)
       }
+    } catch (e) {
+      res.sendStatus(400)
+      debug(e.toString())
+    }
   },
 
   async updateEvent (req, res) {