Merge pull request #300 from msabramo/print_info_about_request_on_error

Print info about request on error

httpie/core.py

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def decode_args(args, stdin_encoding):
     ]
 
 
-def main(args=sys.argv[1:], env=Environment()):
+def main(args=sys.argv[1:], env=Environment(), error=None):
     """Run the main program and write the output to ``env.stdout``.
 
     Return exit status code.
@@ -81,11 +81,14 @@ def main(args=sys.argv[1:], env=Environment()):
     if env.config.default_options:
         args = env.config.default_options + args
 
-    def error(msg, *args, **kwargs):
+    def _error(msg, *args, **kwargs):
         msg = msg % args
         level = kwargs.get('level', 'error')
         env.stderr.write('\nhttp: %s: %s\n' % (level, msg))
 
+    if error is None:
+        error = _error
+
     debug = '--debug' in args
     traceback = debug or '--traceback' in args
     exit_status = ExitStatus.OK
@@ -183,7 +186,13 @@ def main(args=sys.argv[1:], env=Environment()):
         #       Network errors vs. bugs, etc.
         if traceback:
             raise
-        error('%s: %s', type(e).__name__, str(e))
+        msg = str(e)
+        if hasattr(e, 'request'):
+            request = e.request
+            if hasattr(request, 'url'):
+                msg += ' while doing %s request to URL: %s' % (
+                    request.method, request.url)
+        error('%s: %s', type(e).__name__, msg)
         exit_status = ExitStatus.ERROR
 
     finally: