From 7e364469ade21ed284ec147505951dfe5808582f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Harding <2166114+aeharding@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 22:47:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix error message on lemm.ee image upload (#1586)

---
 src/services/lemmy.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/services/lemmy.ts b/src/services/lemmy.ts
index 98ed8c9b86..65ed6e202b 100644
--- a/src/services/lemmy.ts
+++ b/src/services/lemmy.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ export async function _uploadImage(client: LemmyHttp, image: File) {
     image: compressedImageIfNeeded as File,
   });
 
-  if (!response.url) throw new Error(response.msg);
+  // lemm.ee uses response.message for error messages (e.g. account too new)
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  if (!response.url) throw new Error(response.msg ?? (response as any).message);
 
   return response;
 }