1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/obsapi/core.py b/obsapi/core.py
index a489b8e..9445f3f 100644
--- a/obsapi/core.py
+++ b/obsapi/core.py
@@ -156,11 +156,18 @@ class ObsApi(object):
 
     @property
     def response(self):
+        '''Return requests response from last api query'''
         return self._response
 
+    @property
+    def success(self):
+        '''Return True if last api query was successful, else
+        return False'''
+        return self._response.status_code == requests.codes.ok
+
     def get_xml(self, api, payload=None):
         r = self.__api_get(api, payload)
-        if not r.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
+        if not self.success:
             return self.default_xml
 
         return r.text