GBIF throws 404 (not 410) for deleted resources

GBIF/Project.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "GBIF"
 uuid = "ee291a33-5a6c-5552-a3c8-0f29a1181037"
 authors = ["Timothée Poisot <timothee.poisot@umontreal.ca>"]
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 
 [deps]
 Dates = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"

GBIF/src/occurrence.jl

@@ -29,15 +29,30 @@ function pairs_to_querystring(query::Pair...)
 end
 
 """
-    occurrence(key::Union{String, Integer})
+    occurrence(key::String)
 
-Returns a GBIF occurrence identified by a key. The key can be given as a string or as an integer.
+Returns a GBIF occurrence identified by a key. The key can be given as a string
+or as an integer (there is a second method for integer keys). In case the status
+of the HTTP request is anything other than 200 (success), this function *will*
+throw an error.
 """
-function occurrence(key::Union{String, Integer})
-    occ_url = gbifurl * "occurrence/" * string(key)
-    occ_key_req = HTTP.get(occ_url)
-    result = JSON.parse(String(occ_key_req.body))
-    return GBIFRecord(result)
+function occurrence(key::String)::GBIFRecord
+    occ_url = gbifurl * "occurrence/" * key
+    try
+        occ_key_req = HTTP.get(occ_url)
+        result = JSON.parse(String(occ_key_req.body))
+        return GBIFRecord(result)
+    catch err
+        if err isa HTTP.Exceptions.StatusError
+            throw("Occurrence $(key) (at $(occ_url)) cannot be accessed - error code: $(err.status)")
+        else
+            throw("Occurrence $(key) cannot be accessed")
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+function occurrence(key::Integer)::GBIFRecord
+    return occurrence(string(key))
 end
 
 function _internal_occurrences_getter(query::Pair...)

GBIF/test/occurrence.jl

@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@ module TestOccurrence
 using GBIF
 using Test
 
-k = 1258202889
+# This occurrence exists 
+k = 3986160931
 o = occurrence(k)
 @test typeof(o) == GBIFRecord
 @test o.key == k
 
-# Piece of shit uncorrectly formatted occurence
+# This occurrence has been deleted, so this needs some wrapping
+k = 1258202889
+@test_throws "cannot be accessed - error code" occurrence(k)
+
+# This occurence is incorrectly formatted for some reason
 k = 1039645472
 o = occurrence(k)
 @test typeof(o) == GBIFRecord