From eafa9397f5c3a1edb802ecfa2c3abd71d4dd51ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mackenzie Grimes - NOAA Affiliate <mackenzie.grimes@noaa.gov>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:00:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] improve error message

---
 python/idsse_common/idsse/common/rabbitmq_utils.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python/idsse_common/idsse/common/rabbitmq_utils.py b/python/idsse_common/idsse/common/rabbitmq_utils.py
index e0a3178..7558959 100644
--- a/python/idsse_common/idsse/common/rabbitmq_utils.py
+++ b/python/idsse_common/idsse/common/rabbitmq_utils.py
@@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ def __init__(
             self.connection = conn_params.connection
             self.channel = conn_params
         else:
-            raise ValueError('Publisher expects RabbitMQ params (Conn) or existing Channel to run setup')
+            raise ValueError('RabbitMQ params (Conn) or existing Channel required to create' +
+                              f'Publisher thread. Unexpected type: {type(conn_params)}')
 
         # if delivery is mandatory there must be a queue attach to the exchange
         if self._exch.mandatory: