[ARIA-381] Misleading error message if invalid YAML provided as input file

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ran Ziv
• Created: 14/Sep/17 15:17
• Updated: 14/Sep/17 15:18

Description

For aria services create, if the inputs given are in the form of a YAML file, but the YAML is invalid (for example: alignment issues), the user has absolutely no way of knowing. The error they'll get is:

Invalid input: me.yaml. It must represent a dictionary. Valid values can be one of:
 - A path to a YAML file
 - A path to a directory containing YAML files
 - A single quoted wildcard based path (e.g. '*-inputs.yaml')
 - A string formatted as JSON/YAML
 - A string formatted as key1=value1;key2=value2

The reason is that we're hiding the internal error that causes parsing to fail.