ashrafee-dev / ashrafee-dev/scamshield-api
Security: Early Rate Limit Validation
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- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 3
- Forks
- 10
- Avg merge
- 14h 44m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 9
Description
If get_assessment or audio_transcript fails or throws an unhandled error, the WebSocket connection might crash without informing the client.
Task
Add a global exception handler to catch unexpected errors and return a structured JSON error response to the client.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Locate the WebSocket entry points for get_assessment and audio_transcript, then inspect how their current errors are handled and how responses are structured. Add the global handling at the appropriate entry point and verify that unexpected failures leave the connection usable while returning a structured JSON error to the client.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- fastapi, python
- Domain
- api, backend, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100