Improve ping API a bit by returning failure in case of only failure

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Jakub Sztandera <kubuxu@protonmail.ch>

core/commands/ping.go

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ func pingPeer(ctx context.Context, n *core.IpfsNode, pid peer.ID, numPings int)
 			// Make sure we can find the node in question
 			outChan <- &PingResult{
 				Text:    fmt.Sprintf("Looking up peer %s", pid.Pretty()),
+				Success: true,
 			}
 
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, kPingTimeout)
@@ -131,14 +132,20 @@ func pingPeer(ctx context.Context, n *core.IpfsNode, pid peer.ID, numPings int)
 			n.Peerstore.AddAddrs(p.ID, p.Addrs, pstore.TempAddrTTL)
 		}
 
-		outChan <- &PingResult{Text: fmt.Sprintf("PING %s.", pid.Pretty())}
+		outChan <- &PingResult{
+			Text:    fmt.Sprintf("PING %s.", pid.Pretty()),
+			Success: true,
+		}
 
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, kPingTimeout*time.Duration(numPings))
 		defer cancel()
 		pings, err := n.Ping.Ping(ctx, pid)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Debugf("Ping error: %s", err)
-			outChan <- &PingResult{Text: fmt.Sprintf("Ping error: %s", err)}
+			outChan <- &PingResult{
+				Success: false,
+				Text:    fmt.Sprintf("Ping error: %s", err),
+			}
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -165,6 +172,7 @@ func pingPeer(ctx context.Context, n *core.IpfsNode, pid peer.ID, numPings int)
 		}
 		averagems := total.Seconds() * 1000 / float64(numPings)
 		outChan <- &PingResult{
+			Success: true,
 			Text:    fmt.Sprintf("Average latency: %.2fms", averagems),
 		}
 	}()