influxdata · aviau · Jun 16, 2015 · Jun 16, 2015
@@ -267,18 +267,27 @@ def query(self,
               query,
               params={},
               expected_response_code=200,
-              database=None):
+              database=None,
+              raise_errors=True):
         """Send a query to InfluxDB.
 
         :param query: the actual query string
         :type query: str
+
         :param params: additional parameters for the request, defaults to {}
         :type params: dict
+
         :param expected_response_code: the expected status code of response,
             defaults to 200
         :type expected_response_code: int
+
         :param database: database to query, defaults to None
         :type database: str
+
+        :param raise_errors: Whether or not to raise exceptions when InfluxDB
+            returns errors, defaults to True
+        :type raise_errors: bool
+
         :returns: the queried data
         :rtype: :class:`~.ResultSet`
         """
@@ -295,7 +304,11 @@ def query(self,
 
         data = response.json()
 
-        results = [ResultSet(result) for result in data.get('results', [])]
+        results = [
+            ResultSet(result, raise_errors=raise_errors)
+            for result
+            in data.get('results', [])
+        ]
 
         # TODO(aviau): Always return a list. (This would be a breaking change)
         if len(results) == 1:

@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
 class ResultSet(object):
     """A wrapper around a single InfluxDB query result"""
 
-    def __init__(self, series):
+    def __init__(self, series, raise_errors=True):
         self._raw = series
+        self._error = self.raw.get('error', None)
 
-        if 'error' in self.raw:
-            raise InfluxDBClientError(self.raw['error'])
+        if self.error is not None and raise_errors is True:
+            raise InfluxDBClientError(self.error)
 
     @property
     def raw(self):
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ def raw(self):
     def raw(self, value):
         self._raw = value
 
+    @property
+    def error(self):
+        """Error returned by InfluxDB"""
+        return self._error
+
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         """
         :param key: Either a serie name, or a tags_dict, or

@@ -370,6 +370,11 @@ def test_query_fail(self):
         self.assertIn('database not found: db',
                       ctx.exception.content)
 
+    def test_query_fail_ignore_errors(self):
+        result = self.cli.query('select column_one from foo',
+                                raise_errors=False)
+        self.assertEqual(result.error, 'database not found: db')
+
     def test_create_user(self):
         self.cli.create_user('test_user', 'secret_password')
         rsp = list(self.cli.query("SHOW USERS")['results'])