From 5f3320c6cd0737e8f8ee21961f1b8e3ce8c5219c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:34:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [exception] update 'AuthRequired' argument handling

make the text for 'resource' and 'message' fully optional
---
 gallery_dl/exception.py | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/exception.py b/gallery_dl/exception.py
index 6adda0d6..559fdd14 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/exception.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/exception.py
@@ -104,13 +104,16 @@ class AuthRequired(AuthorizationError):
         if auth:
             if not isinstance(auth, str):
                 auth = " or ".join(auth)
-            if " " not in resource:
-                resource = "this " + resource
-            if message is None:
-                message = (f"{auth} needed to access {resource}")
+
+            if resource:
+                if " " not in resource:
+                    resource = f"this {resource}"
+                resource = f" to access {resource}"
             else:
-                message = (f"{auth} needed to access {resource} "
-                           f"('{message}')")
+                resource = ""
+
+            message = f" ('{message}')" if message else ""
+            message = f"{auth} needed{resource}{message}"
         AuthorizationError.__init__(self, message)