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| -rw-r--r-- | django/core/validators.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/django/core/validators.py b/django/core/validators.py index bdcce990f8..b68fc0ade8 100644 --- a/django/core/validators.py +++ b/django/core/validators.py @@ -199,7 +199,11 @@ def isExistingURL(field_data, all_data): u = urllib2.urlopen(field_data) except ValueError: raise ValidationError, _("Invalid URL: %s") % field_data - except: # urllib2.HTTPError, urllib2.URLError, httplib.InvalidURL, etc. + except urllib2.HTTPError, e: + # 401s are valid; they just mean authorization is required. + if e.code not in ('401',): + raise ValidationError, _("The URL %s is a broken link.") % field_data + except: # urllib2.URLError, httplib.InvalidURL, etc. raise ValidationError, _("The URL %s is a broken link.") % field_data def isValidUSState(field_data, all_data): |