Print OBJ plugin errors to stderr

Author: ezilber-akamai

linodecli/plugins/obj/__init__.py

@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ def set_acl(get_client, args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
 
     try:
         set_acl_func(**set_acl_options)
-    except ClientError:
+    except ClientError as e:
+        print(e, file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(ExitCodes.REQUEST_FAILED)
     print("ACL updated")
 
@@ -203,14 +204,16 @@ def show_usage(get_client, args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
             bucket_names = [
                 b["Name"] for b in client.list_buckets().get("Buckets", [])
             ]
-        except ClientError:
+        except ClientError as e:
+            print(e, file=sys.stderr)
             sys.exit(ExitCodes.REQUEST_FAILED)
 
     grand_total = 0
     for b in bucket_names:
         try:
             objects = client.list_objects_v2(Bucket=b).get("Contents", [])
-        except ClientError:
+        except ClientError as e:
+            print(e, file=sys.stderr)
             sys.exit(ExitCodes.REQUEST_FAILED)
         total = 0
         obj_count = 0
@@ -358,7 +361,7 @@ def call(
         # we can't do anything - ask for an install
         print(
             "This plugin requires the 'boto3' module.  Please install it by running "
-            "'pip3 install boto3' or 'pip install boto3'"
+            "'pip3 install boto3' or 'pip install boto3'",  file=sys.stderr,
         )
 
         sys.exit(

linodecli/plugins/obj/objects.py

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ def upload_object(
     for f in files:
         file_path = Path(f).resolve()
         if not file_path.is_file():
+            print(f"Error: '{file_path}' is not a valid file or does not exist.", file=sys.stderr)
             sys.exit(ExitCodes.FILE_ERROR)
 
         to_upload.append(file_path)
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ def upload_object(
         )
         try:
             client.upload_file(**upload_options)
-        except S3UploadFailedError:
+        except S3UploadFailedError as e:
+            print(e, file=sys.stderr)
             sys.exit(ExitCodes.REQUEST_FAILED)
 
     print("Done.")
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ def get_object(
     # In the future we should allow the automatic creation of parent directories
     if not destination_parent.exists():
         print(
-            f"ERROR: Output directory {destination_parent} does not exist locally."
+            f"ERROR: Output directory {destination_parent} does not exist locally.", file=sys.stderr
         )
         sys.exit(ExitCodes.REQUEST_FAILED)