From 2f97ff1f93a122a169614d12f9025c17d141c478 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas <t.chezieres@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:39:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] better error handling for missing model error (#8328)

* Ammending commit

Signed-off-by: Thomas Chezieres <tchezieres@MacBook-Pro.lan>

* ammending last commit

Signed-off-by: Thomas Chezieres <tchezieres@MacBook-Pro.lan>

Co-authored-by: Thomas Chezieres <tchezieres@MacBook-Pro.lan>
Co-authored-by: Alexandre BODIN <alexandrebodin@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/strapi-utils/lib/models.js | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/strapi-utils/lib/models.js b/packages/strapi-utils/lib/models.js
index 9df9b11ac6..c1e05ee58f 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-utils/lib/models.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-utils/lib/models.js
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ module.exports = {
         });
       });
     } else if (_.has(attribute, 'via') && _.has(attribute, 'collection')) {
+      if (!_.has(models, attribute.collection)) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `The collection \`${_.upperFirst(
+            attribute.collection
+          )}\` is missing from the ${attribute.plugin ? '(plugin - ' + attribute.plugin + ')' : ''} models`
+        );
+      }
       const relatedAttribute = models[attribute.collection].attributes[attribute.via];
 
       if (!relatedAttribute) {