From 6b178d1ae440b735465353a7cf84758695cef592 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joel Wetzell <git@jwetzell.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 19:15:34 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] cleanup error messages

---
 internal/module/http-server.go   | 2 +-
 internal/module/mqtt-client.go   | 6 +++---
 internal/module/nats-client.go   | 4 ++--
 internal/module/tcp-client.go    | 2 +-
 internal/module/time-interval.go | 2 +-
 internal/processor/time-sleep.go | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/module/http-server.go b/internal/module/http-server.go
index df0b979..3f7db7d 100644
--- a/internal/module/http-server.go
+++ b/internal/module/http-server.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func init() {
 			portNum, ok := port.(float64)
 
 			if !ok {
-				return nil, errors.New("http.server port must be uint16")
+				return nil, errors.New("http.server port must be a number")
 			}
 
 			return &HTTPServer{Port: uint16(portNum), config: config, logger: CreateLogger(config)}, nil
diff --git a/internal/module/mqtt-client.go b/internal/module/mqtt-client.go
index 843bc23..0440296 100644
--- a/internal/module/mqtt-client.go
+++ b/internal/module/mqtt-client.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func init() {
 			brokerString, ok := broker.(string)
 
 			if !ok {
-				return nil, errors.New("mqtt.client broker must be string")
+				return nil, errors.New("mqtt.client broker must be a string")
 			}
 
 			topic, ok := params["topic"]
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func init() {
 			topicString, ok := topic.(string)
 
 			if !ok {
-				return nil, errors.New("mqtt.client topic must be string")
+				return nil, errors.New("mqtt.client topic must be a string")
 			}
 
 			clientId, ok := params["clientId"]
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func init() {
 			clientIdString, ok := clientId.(string)
 
 			if !ok {
-				return nil, errors.New("mqtt.client clientId must be string")
+				return nil, errors.New("mqtt.client clientId must be a string")
 			}
 
 			return &MQTTClient{config: config, Broker: brokerString, Topic: topicString, ClientID: clientIdString, logger: CreateLogger(config)}, nil
diff --git a/internal/module/nats-client.go b/internal/module/nats-client.go
index a987b60..b01db4e 100644
--- a/internal/module/nats-client.go
+++ b/internal/module/nats-client.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func init() {
 			urlString, ok := url.(string)
 
 			if !ok {
-				return nil, errors.New("nats.client url must be string")
+				return nil, errors.New("nats.client url must be a string")
 			}
 
 			subject, ok := params["subject"]
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func init() {
 			subjectString, ok := subject.(string)
 
 			if !ok {
-				return nil, errors.New("nats.client subject must be string")
+				return nil, errors.New("nats.client subject must be a string")
 			}
 
 			return &NATSClient{config: config, URL: urlString, Subject: subjectString, logger: CreateLogger(config)}, nil
diff --git a/internal/module/tcp-client.go b/internal/module/tcp-client.go
index 4049b5f..8c9d049 100644
--- a/internal/module/tcp-client.go
+++ b/internal/module/tcp-client.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func init() {
 			hostString, ok := host.(string)
 
 			if !ok {
-				return nil, errors.New("net.tcp.client host must be string")
+				return nil, errors.New("net.tcp.client host must be a string")
 			}
 
 			port, ok := params["port"]
diff --git a/internal/module/time-interval.go b/internal/module/time-interval.go
index 0b06f33..058048f 100644
--- a/internal/module/time-interval.go
+++ b/internal/module/time-interval.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func init() {
 			durationNum, ok := duration.(float64)
 
 			if !ok {
-				return nil, errors.New("time.interval duration must be number")
+				return nil, errors.New("time.interval duration must be a number")
 			}
 			return &TimeInterval{Duration: uint32(durationNum), config: config, logger: CreateLogger(config)}, nil
 		},
diff --git a/internal/processor/time-sleep.go b/internal/processor/time-sleep.go
index 4e8583c..2676eec 100644
--- a/internal/processor/time-sleep.go
+++ b/internal/processor/time-sleep.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func init() {
 			durationNum, ok := duration.(float64)
 
 			if !ok {
-				return nil, errors.New("time.sleep duration must be number")
+				return nil, errors.New("time.sleep duration must be a number")
 			}
 
 			return &MetaDelay{config: config, Duration: time.Millisecond * time.Duration(durationNum)}, nil