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-rw-r--r--guix/import/github.scm9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/guix/import/github.scm b/guix/import/github.scm
index df5a6b0e08..1e0bb53d9a 100644
--- a/guix/import/github.scm
+++ b/guix/import/github.scm
@@ -32,10 +32,13 @@
(define (json-fetch* url)
"Return a representation of the JSON resource URL (a list or hash table), or
-#f if URL returns 404."
+#f if URL returns 403 or 404."
(guard (c ((and (http-get-error? c)
- (= 404 (http-get-error-code c)))
- #f)) ;"expected" if package is unknown
+ (let ((error (http-get-error-code c)))
+ (or (= 403 error)
+ (= 404 error))))
+ #f)) ;; "expected" if there is an authentification error (403),
+ ;; or if package is unknown (404).
;; Note: github.com returns 403 if we omit a 'User-Agent' header.
(let* ((port (http-fetch url))
(result (json->scm port)))