Error page: trim error messages

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/wqflask/wqflask/templates/error.html b/wqflask/wqflask/templates/error.html
index 95485f1e..7ab2bf2f 100644
--- a/wqflask/wqflask/templates/error.html
+++ b/wqflask/wqflask/templates/error.html
@@ -25,11 +25,15 @@
       to reproduce this ERROR. Next to those steps, copy-paste below
       stack trace, either as
       a <a href="https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork2/issues/new">new
-      issue</a> (GeneNetwork error: {{message}}) or E-mail this full page to one of the developers
+      issue</a> or E-mail this full page to one of the developers
       directly.
     </p>
   </div>
 
+  <p>
+  (GeneNetwork error: {{message[:128]}})
+  </p>
+
   <pre>
     {{ stack[0] }}
     {{ message }} (error)
diff --git a/wqflask/wqflask/views.py b/wqflask/wqflask/views.py
index 7abcc17d..cf316bee 100644
--- a/wqflask/wqflask/views.py
+++ b/wqflask/wqflask/views.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def handle_bad_request(e):
 
     # Handle random animations
     # Use a cookie to have one animation on refresh
-    animation = request.cookies.get(err_msg)
+    animation = request.cookies.get(err_msg[:64])
     if not animation:
         list = [fn for fn in os.listdir("./wqflask/static/gif/error") if fn.endswith(".gif") ]
         animation = random.choice(list)
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def handle_bad_request(e):
     resp = make_response(render_template("error.html",message=err_msg,stack=formatted_lines,error_image=animation))
 
     # logger.error("Set cookie %s with %s" % (err_msg, animation))
-    resp.set_cookie(err_msg,animation)
+    resp.set_cookie(err_msg[:64],animation)
     return resp
 
 @app.route("/")