Updated the logic to be easier to follow

nodes/PayloadValidator.js

@@ -65,32 +65,47 @@ module.exports = class PayloadValidator {
     return _.set(object, location, value);
   }
 
-  check(_after) {
+  /**
-    let after = _after;
+   * Log that we had a invalid payload modification
+   * @param {*} beforeValue
+   * @param {*} afterValue
+   * @param {*} location
+   */
+  logException(beforeValue, afterValue, location) {
+    const details = {
+      message: `msg.${location} changed from "${beforeValue}" to "${afterValue}" for bot "${this.bot}"`,
+      nodeId: this.nodeId,
+      workerId: this.workerId
+    };
+    this.logger.error(details.message);
+    this.logger.app.platform.organization({
+      srn: `srn:botnet:${this.region}:${this.organization}:bot:${this.bot}`,
+      action: 'exception',
+      actionType: 'invalid-payload-modification',
+      details,
+      conversationId: this.conversationId
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Ensures that the organization in the before matches the org in the after
+   * If they are different then it attempts to set the organization back to the correct one
+   * @param {*} after
+   * @returns
+   */
+  ensureOrganizationNotModified(after) {
     try {
       variablesToCheck.forEach((location) => {
         const beforeValue = this.getValue(this.before, location);
         const afterValue = this.getValue(after, location);
         if (beforeValue !== afterValue) {
-          const details = {
+          this.logException(beforeValue, afterValue, location);
-            message: `msg.${location} changed from "${beforeValue}" to "${afterValue}" for bot "${this.bot}"`,
-            nodeId: this.nodeId,
-            workerId: this.workerId
-          };
-          this.logger.error(details.message);
-          this.logger.app.platform.organization({
-            srn: `srn:botnet:${this.region}:${this.organization}:bot:${this.bot}`,
-            action: 'exception',
-            actionType: 'invalid-payload-modification',
-            details,
-            conversationId: this.conversationId
-          });
 
-  
+          // attempt to set the value back to its correct one
           after = this.setValue(after, location, beforeValue);
-            
+
           if (!_.has(after, location, beforeValue)) {
-            throw new Error(`Cant set value as ${location} is no longer present in after`);
+           this.logger.error(`Cant set value as ${location} is no longer assessable in after`);
           }
         }
       });
@@ -101,15 +116,14 @@ module.exports = class PayloadValidator {
     return after;
   }
 
-  verify(_after) {
+  verify(after) {
-    const after = _after;
     if (this.isValidBefore) {
       if (Array.isArray(after)) {
-        const afterIndex = after.findIndex((msg) => !!msg);
+        const afterIndex = after.findIndex(msg => !!msg);
-        after[afterIndex] = this.check(after[afterIndex]);
+        after[afterIndex] = this.ensureOrganizationNotModified(after[afterIndex]);
         return after;
       }
-      return this.check(after);
+      return this.ensureOrganizationNotModified(after);
     }
     console.log('Error while trying to verify variable changes, wasn\'t initted with correct object');
     return after;

test/unit/test-payloadValidator.js

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ describe('Unit: PayloadValidator', () => {
     const modifiedEvent = orgEvent('before');
     modifiedEvent.payload = 'some text';
     const result = payloadValidator.verify(modifiedEvent);
-    console.log(errorLogStub.callCount);
     assert(errorLogStub.callCount === 1);
     assert(appLogStub.callCount === 1);
     const [[log]] = appLogStub.args;