wrong exception thrown for incorrect password

[sloanlance]

ArcRest or ArcRestHelper

arcresthelper.securityhandlerhelper.securityhandlerhelper.__init__()

Version or date of download

Either of:

• "master" branch of https://github.com/Esri/ArcREST.git
• "ArcREST_Package 3.5.6" from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ArcREST_Package

Bug or Enhancement

🐛 Bug: When an incorrect password is used for authentication, a URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known> exception is thrown rather than one related to authentication.

Repo Steps or Enhancement details

from arcresthelper import orgtools
arcGIS = orgtools.orgtools({
    'username': 'my_username',
    'password': 'incorrect_password',
})

Complete output:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 4, in <module>
    'password': 'incorrect_password',
  File
  "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/arcresthelper/securityhandlerhelper.py",
  line 359, in __init__
    "synerror": synerror,
arcresthelper.common.ArcRestHelperError: {'function':
'securityhandlerhelper_init', 'line': 'line 214', 'synerror':
'URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided,
or not known>', 'filename':
'/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/arcresthelper/securityhandlerhelper.py'}

[achapkowski]

closed due to inactivity.

[sloanlance]

It's a bug, so it shouldn't be closed until it's fixed.

[MikeMillerGIS]

Better messaging added

[sloanlance]

👍 Thanks, @MikeMillerGIS.