display gin api errors in cli

api/client.go

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func checkError(resp *http.Response, body []byte) error {
 	err := json.Unmarshal(body, &apiError)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Use the full body as the message if we fail to decode a response.
-		apiError.Message = string(body)
+		apiError.ErrorMessage = string(body)
 	}
 
 	return apiError
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ func (c *Client) do(ctx context.Context, method, path string, reqData, respData
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
-
 }
 
 func (c *Client) stream(ctx context.Context, method, path string, data any, fn func([]byte) error) error {
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ func (c *Client) stream(ctx context.Context, method, path string, data any, fn f
 			return StatusError{
 				StatusCode:   response.StatusCode,
 				Status:       response.Status,
-				Message:    errorResponse.Error,
+				ErrorMessage: errorResponse.Error,
 			}
 		}
 

api/types.go

@@ -10,14 +10,21 @@ import (
 type StatusError struct {
 	StatusCode   int
 	Status       string
-	Message    string
+	ErrorMessage string `json:"error"`
 }
 
 func (e StatusError) Error() string {
-	if e.Message != "" {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", e.Status, e.Message)
-	}
+	switch {
+	case e.Status != "" && e.ErrorMessage != "":
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", e.Status, e.ErrorMessage)
+	case e.Status != "":
 		return e.Status
+	case e.ErrorMessage != "":
+		return e.ErrorMessage
+	default:
+		// this should not happen
+		return "something went wrong, please see the ollama server logs for details"
+	}
 }
 
 type GenerateRequest struct {