From bc18d0c0c254b02e81b372d68c741910768a984b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clay McClure <Clay.McClure@cmgdigital.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:44:55 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Propagate connection failure exceptions up through
 verify_credentials

---
 tweepy/api.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tweepy/api.py b/tweepy/api.py
index a5c687a..b2304b6 100644
--- a/tweepy/api.py
+++ b/tweepy/api.py
@@ -299,8 +299,10 @@ class API(object):
                 payload_type = 'user',
                 require_auth = True
             )(self)
-        except TweepError:
-            return False
+        except TweepError, e:
+            if e.response and e.response.status == 401:
+                return False
+            raise
 
     """ account/rate_limit_status """
     rate_limit_status = bind_api(
-- 
2.25.1