1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
index 90b27d1..d6669d1 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
@@ -1041,10 +1041,18 @@ class DeviantartAPI():
         }
         response = self.extractor.request(
             url, headers=headers, params=params, fatal=None)
-        if response.status_code == 404:
+        code = response.status_code
+
+        if code == 404:
             raise exception.StopExtraction(
                 "Your account must use the Eclipse interface.")
-        return response.json()
+        elif code == 403 and b"Request blocked." in response.content:
+            raise exception.StopExtraction(
+                "Requests to deviantart.com blocked due to too much traffic.")
+        try:
+            return response.json()
+        except Exception:
+            return {"error": response.text}
 
     def deviation_metadata(self, deviations):
         """ Fetch deviation metadata for a set of deviations"""