Improve exception message, set default BASE_URI

postgrestutils/__init__.py

 import logging
 
 from . import settings
+from requests import HTTPError
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("postgrestutils")
 

postgrestutils/client/postgrestclient.py

@@ -16,16 +16,20 @@ class PostgrestClient:
         :param path_and_query: specifies the endpoint and optionally filter queries
         :param singular: if True returns a JSON object rather than a list (406 when multiple results are returned)
         :param parse_dt: if True attempts to parse datetime strings to python datetime objects
-        :return: result(s) as JSON or raises HTTPError
+        :return: result(s) as python object or raises HTTPError
         """
         if singular:
             self.session.headers["Accept"] = "application/vnd.pgrst.object+json"
         else:
             self.session.headers["Accept"] = "application/json"
-        r = self.session.get(urljoin(self.base_uri, path_and_query))
-        r.raise_for_status()
+        res = self.session.get(urljoin(self.base_uri, path_and_query))
+        try:
+            res.raise_for_status()
+        except requests.HTTPError as e:
+            raise type(e)(res.status_code, res.reason, res.text)
+
         if parse_dt:
-            json_result = r.json(object_hook=datetime_parser)
+            json_result = res.json(object_hook=datetime_parser)
         else:
-            json_result = r.json()
+            json_result = res.json()
         return json_result

postgrestutils/settings.py

-import re
-
-BASE_URI = str()
+BASE_URI = "http://127.0.0.1:3000"
 
 JWT = str()