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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/guix/import/json.scm b/guix/import/json.scm
index c76bc9313c..3f2ab1e3ea 100644
--- a/guix/import/json.scm
+++ b/guix/import/json.scm
@@ -22,15 +22,25 @@
#:use-module (guix http-client)
#:use-module (guix import utils)
#:use-module (srfi srfi-34)
- #:export (json-fetch))
+ #:export (json-fetch
+ json-fetch-alist))
(define (json-fetch url)
- "Return an alist representation of the JSON resource URL, or #f on failure."
+ "Return a representation of the JSON resource URL (a list or hash table), or
+#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* ((port (http-fetch url #:headers '((user-agent . "GNU Guile")
- (Accept . "application/json"))))
- (result (hash-table->alist (json->scm port))))
+ (let ((error (http-get-error-code c)))
+ (or (= 403 error)
+ (= 404 error))))
+ #f))
+ ;; Note: many websites returns 403 if we omit a 'User-Agent' header.
+ (let* ((port (http-fetch url #:headers '((user-agent . "GNU Guile")
+ (Accept . "application/json"))))
+ (result (json->scm port)))
(close-port port)
result)))
+
+(define (json-fetch-alist url)
+ "Return an alist representation of the JSON resource URL, or #f if URL
+returns 403 or 404."
+ (hash-table->alist (json-fetch url)))