Hi Pat, On 23/06/17 15:15, Pat Riehecky wrote: > > https://git.centos.org/blob/centos-git-common.git/master/centos.git.repolist.py > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "./centos.git.repolist.py", line 73, in <module> > main() > File "./centos.git.repolist.py", line 68, in main > repos = get_repo_list(url=options.url, branch=options.branch, > projectpath=options.project) > File "./centos.git.repolist.py", line 52, in get_repo_list > repos = json.loads(payload) > File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/simplejson/__init__.py", > line 516, in loads > return _default_decoder.decode(s) > File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/simplejson/decoder.py", line > 374, in decode > obj, end = self.raw_decode(s) > File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/simplejson/decoder.py", line > 404, in raw_decode > return self.scan_once(s, idx=_w(s, idx).end()) > simplejson.scanner.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 > (char 0) I was a bit confused why I see a JSON decoder exception when the server returns a 404 status. There's a try block there, but python-requests doesn't raise an exception on HTTP error codes by default. May I suggest either explicitly checking req.status_code against 200 before parsing, or adding a call to req.raise_for_status() to the try block? This would better handle such errors for the future, and would have pointed you from the beginning in the right direction. Best regards, Laurențiu