From a75cf62ff0b4cc011c55847e8ee816f97a644fcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nolash <dev@holbrook.no>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2020 12:27:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add feedback on missing secret

---
 scripts/crypto-dev-daemon | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/crypto-dev-daemon b/scripts/crypto-dev-daemon
index 5f79456..73b3ea7 100755
--- a/scripts/crypto-dev-daemon
+++ b/scripts/crypto-dev-daemon
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ signer = None
 chainId = 8995
 
 
+class MissingSecretError(BaseException):
+
+    def __init__(self, message):
+        super(MissingSecretError, self).__init__(message)
+
+    pass
+
+
 def personal_new_account(p):
     password = p
     if p.__class__.__name__ != 'str':
@@ -134,7 +142,12 @@ def start_server():
 
 def init():
     global db, signer
-    secret_hex = os.environ.get('SIGNER_SECRET')
+    secret_hex = ''
+    try:
+        secret_hex = os.environ['SIGNER_SECRET']
+    except KeyError as e:
+        raise MissingSecretError('please set the SIGNER_SECRET environment variable to a valid hex value')
+
     secret = bytes.fromhex(secret_hex)
     kw = {
             'symmetric_key': secret,