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+import { isAxiosError, AxiosError } from 'axios'
+
+export function handleDRFAPIErrorsOrReThrow(error: AxiosError | Error): string[]{
+  if (isAxiosError(error)){
+    const e: AxiosError = error
+    
+    const { data } = (e as AxiosError)?.response ?? null
+    if (data) {
+      const isArrayOfStrings =
+        Array.isArray(data) && data.length && typeof data[0] === 'string'
+      const isObjectOfErrors = Object.keys(data).every((key) => Array.isArray(data[key]))
+      return (isArrayOfStrings
+          ? data
+          : isObjectOfErrors
+          ? Object.keys(data).map((key) => data[key])
+          : ['Something went wrong']) as string[]
+
+    }
+    return []
+  }
+  throw error as Error
+}
+