eth/filters: improve error message for invalid filter topics (#17234)

ethereum · Jul 24, 2018 · d96ba77 · d96ba77
1 parent 62467e4
commit d96ba77
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/eth/filters/api.go b/eth/filters/api.go
@@ -564,15 +564,15 @@ func (args *FilterCriteria) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 func decodeAddress(s string) (common.Address, error) {
 	b, err := hexutil.Decode(s)
 	if err == nil && len(b) != common.AddressLength {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("hex has invalid length %d after decoding", len(b))
+		err = fmt.Errorf("hex has invalid length %d after decoding; expected %d for address", len(b), common.AddressLength)
 	}
 	return common.BytesToAddress(b), err
 }
 
 func decodeTopic(s string) (common.Hash, error) {
 	b, err := hexutil.Decode(s)
 	if err == nil && len(b) != common.HashLength {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("hex has invalid length %d after decoding", len(b))
+		err = fmt.Errorf("hex has invalid length %d after decoding; expected %d for topic", len(b), common.HashLength)
 	}
 	return common.BytesToHash(b), err
 }