From 335e24a993df2625c22002eccf881f3f31e0b1fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Uzair Ali <72073401+uzaxirr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 11:42:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Provide dashboard Link in case of no API set

---
 config/config.go | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index f26c493a..2afd78b5 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -264,7 +264,12 @@ func DefaultAPIKey() string {
 
 // CivoAPIClient returns a civogo client using the current default API key
 func CivoAPIClient() (*civogo.Client, error) {
-	cliClient, err := civogo.NewClientWithURL(DefaultAPIKey(), Current.Meta.URL, Current.Meta.DefaultRegion)
+	apiKey := DefaultAPIKey()
+	if apiKey == "" {
+		fmt.Printf("Error: Creating the connection to Civo's API failed because no API key is supplied. This is required to authenticate requests. Please go to https://dashboard.civo.com/security to obtain your API key, then save it using the command 'civo apikey save YOUR_API_KEY'.\n")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no API Key supplied, this is required")
+	}
+	cliClient, err := civogo.NewClientWithURL(apiKey, Current.Meta.URL, Current.Meta.DefaultRegion)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}