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TEST: `ConnectAndGetToken` Returns Error on Non-200 Response

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
84/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
go
Domain
testing

Research direction

Start in keycloak_client.go at ConnectAndGetToken, then use an httptest.Server that returns 401 with the documented JSON body. Verify the returned error is non-nil, includes the 401 status, and has KindAPI classification. Done means the test reliably covers the non-200 response path and the full Keycloak client package has this critical case protected.

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Description

Reason/Context
Description

keycloak_client.go ConnectAndGetToken has no tests at all. The entire
Keycloak client package is untested. The most critical path to test is when
Keycloak returns a non-200 status (wrong credentials, realm not found, server
error) — the function should return a KindAPI error with the HTTP status code
and body. Currently nothing verifies this.

Why Necessary

Wrong credentials is the single most common failure a new user encounters. If
this error path regresses — e.g. the function panics, returns a nil error, or
swallows the body — users get no feedback and assume the server is down.

What If Not Present

A change to the response-parsing code (e.g. switching JSON library, restructuring
the token response) could silently break authentication for all users and no test
would catch it before release.

Diagram
sequenceDiagram
    participant T  as Test
    participant KC as keycloakClient
    participant TS as httptest.Server

    T->>TS: register handler → always return 401 {"error":"unauthorized"}
    T->>KC: NewKeycloakClient(server.URL, "id", "secret")
    T->>KC: ConnectAndGetToken()

    KC->>TS: POST /protocol/openid-connect/token
    TS-->>KC: 401 {"error":"unauthorized"}

    KC-->>T: error (KindAPI)

    T->>T: assert error != nil 
    T->>T: assert error contains "401" 
    T->>T: assert KindOf(err) == KindAPI
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