fix: an error when passing the editor's devfile link

Signed-off-by: Oleksii Orel <oorel@redhat.com>

packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/Workspaces/devWorkspaces/index.ts

@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ import { AUTHORIZED, SanityCheckAction } from '../../sanityCheckMiddleware';
 import * as DwServerConfigStore from '../../ServerConfig';
 import { selectOpenVSXUrl } from '../../ServerConfig/selectors';
 import { fetchResources } from '../../../services/dashboard-backend-client/devworkspaceResourcesApi';
-import { dump } from 'js-yaml';
+import { dump, load } from 'js-yaml';
 import { loadResourcesContent } from '../../../services/registry/resources';
 import { checkRunningWorkspacesLimit } from './checkRunningWorkspacesLimit';
 import { selectDevWorkspacesResourceVersion } from './selectors';
 import { EDITOR_ATTR } from '../../../containers/Loader/const';
+import axios from 'axios';
 
 const devWorkspaceClient = container.get(DevWorkspaceClient);
 
@@ -544,8 +545,19 @@ export const actionCreators: ActionCreators = {
       let editorContent: string | undefined;
       // do we have an optional editor parameter ?
       if (attributes[EDITOR_ATTR]) {
-        editorEntry = attributes[EDITOR_ATTR];
-        editorContent = undefined;
+        if (/^(https?:)/.test(attributes[EDITOR_ATTR])) {
+          const response = await axios.get<string>(attributes[EDITOR_ATTR], {
+            responseType: 'text',
+          });
+          if (response.data) {
+            editorContent = response.data;
+          } else {
+            throw new Error('Failed to find an Editor in the fetched resources.');
+          }
+        } else {
+          editorEntry = attributes[EDITOR_ATTR];
+          editorContent = undefined;
+        }
         if (editorEntry !== defaultEditorEntry) {
           console.log(
             `User specified a different editor than the current default. Loading ${editorEntry} definition instead of ${defaultEditorEntry}.`,