[http-] on errors, show fail msg instead of traceback

saulpw · Mar 25, 2024 · ca90ccd · ca90ccd
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commit ca90ccd
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/visidata/loaders/http.py b/visidata/loaders/http.py
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ def openurl_http(vd, path, filetype=None):
  ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
 
  req = urllib.request.Request(path.given, **vd.options.getall('http_req_'))
- response = urllib.request.urlopen(req, context=ctx)
+ try:
+ response = urllib.request.urlopen(req, context=ctx)
+ except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+ vd.fail(f'cannot open URL: HTTP Error {e.code}: {e.reason}')
+ except urllib.error.URLError as e:
+ vd.fail(f'cannot open URL: {e.reason}')
 
  filetype = filetype or vd.guessFiletype(path, response, funcprefix='guessurl_').get('filetype') # try guessing by url
  filetype = filetype or vd.guessFiletype(path, funcprefix='guess_').get('filetype') # try guessing by contents