From 1b82d36ab236b864cba681f40c17aa4b4d3579a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:49:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [deviantart] handle decode errors for extended_fetch results
 (#655)

This isn't going to solve the underlying problem, but it should at
least provide the server response when those errors happen.
---
 gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
index 90b27d15..d8a5fc61 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
@@ -1044,7 +1044,10 @@ class DeviantartAPI():
         if response.status_code == 404:
             raise exception.StopExtraction(
                 "Your account must use the Eclipse interface.")
-        return response.json()
+        try:
+            return response.json()
+        except Exception:
+            return {"error": response.text}
 
     def deviation_metadata(self, deviations):
         """ Fetch deviation metadata for a set of deviations"""