- fail with non-zero exit code on e.g. 404 errors

diff --git a/curlwrapper.py b/curlwrapper.py
index 97a35a3..462c6ed 100644 (file)
--- a/curlwrapper.py
+++ b/curlwrapper.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from subprocess import PIPE, Popen
 class CurlException(Exception): pass
 
 def retrieve(url, cacert=None, postdata=None, timeout=300):
-    options = ('/usr/bin/curl',)
+    options = ('/usr/bin/curl', '--fail', '--silent')
     if cacert: options += ('--cacert', cacert)
     if postdata: options += ('--data', '@-')
     if timeout: options += ('--max-time', str(timeout))