Raise exception on API errors

diff --git a/src/mw/api.py b/src/mw/api.py
index 88dee80e2371e640253ce81658901ebc692acd5e..09467824b1e766695e3a58bb0a5b38cc79351ae7 100644 (file)
--- a/src/mw/api.py
+++ b/src/mw/api.py
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ class API(object):
             data = gzipper.read()
         else:
             data = response.read()
-        return json.loads(data)
+        the_data = json.loads(data)
+        if 'error' in the_data.keys():
+            raise APIError(the_data['error']['info'])
+        return
 
     def limits(self, low, high):
         if self._high_limits == None:
@@ -59,6 +62,15 @@ class API(object):
             return low
 
 
+class APIError(Exception):
+
+    def __init__(self, info):
+        self.info = info
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.info
+
+
 def pagename_to_filename(name):
     name = name.replace(' ', '_')
     name = name.replace('/', '!')