From fca1cd51f517fe27e292573eb3863b2da5557162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:43:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [gelbooru] improve error for 401 responses (#7674)

---
 gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru.py | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru.py
index 4cde1da4..b1528850 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru.py
@@ -26,11 +26,19 @@ class GelbooruBase():
     def _api_request(self, params, key="post", log=False):
         if "s" not in params:
             params["s"] = "post"
+
         params["api_key"] = self.api_key
         params["user_id"] = self.user_id
 
         url = self.root + "/index.php?page=dapi&q=index&json=1"
-        data = self.request_json(url, params=params)
+        try:
+            data = self.request_json(url, params=params)
+        except exception.HttpError as exc:
+            if exc.status == 401:
+                raise exception.AuthorizationError(
+                    f"'api-key' and 'user-id' required "
+                    f"({exc.status}: {exc.response.reason})")
+            raise
 
         if not key:
             return data