setCommentVisibility() gives 401: unauthorized error

[Bryce Harrington]

I notice the new setCommentVisibility() routine mentioned in the LPL docs so gave it a shot, however it seems not to work:

./test > /tmp/hide_output.txt 2>&1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./test", line 20, in <module>
    d = lp.load("https://api.edge.launchpad.net/beta/ubuntu")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/launchpadlib/launchpad.py", line 70, in load
    document = self._browser.get(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/launchpadlib/_browser.py", line 222, in get
    response, content = self._request(url, extra_headers=headers)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/launchpadlib/_browser.py", line 212, in _request
    raise HTTPError(response, content)
launchpadlib.errors.HTTPError: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized

test script and output attached

[Gavin Panella (allenap)]

setCommentVisibility() is restricted to Launchpad admins, so this is
expected behaviour.

However, this should be mentioned in +apidoc, or another way should be
found to expose the security restrictions on API calls (like a more
informative error message).

[Ursula Junque (ursinha)]

Fixed in stable r10960 <http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~launchpad-pqm/launchpad/stable/revision/10960>