diff --git a/HIG/source/conf.py b/HIG/source/conf.py
--- a/HIG/source/conf.py
+++ b/HIG/source/conf.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 #
 
-from sphinx.util.console import bold
-import requests
 import os
 import sys
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
@@ -204,17 +202,8 @@
 
 """
 
-doxylink = {
-    'kirigamiapi' : ('Kirigami2.tags', 'https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/html/'), # https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/html/Kirigami2.tags
-    'kwidgetsaddonsapi' : ('KWidgetsAddons.tags', 'https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kwidgetsaddons/html/'), # https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kwidgetsaddons/html/KWidgetsAddons.tags
-    'plasmaapi' : ('Plasma.tags', 'https://api.kde.org/frameworks/plasma-framework/html/') # https://api.kde.org/frameworks/plasma-framework/html/Plasma.tags
-}
-
-for doc in doxylink.values():
-    print(bold("Downloading file {} to {}".format(doc[1] + "/" + doc[0], doc[0])))
-    tagFile = open("../" + doc[0], "w")
-    tagFile.write(requests.get(doc[1] + "/" + doc[0]).text)
-    tagFile.close()
+from globalconf import get_doxylink
+doxylink = get_doxylink()
 
 
 rst_prolog = """
diff --git a/Kirigami/source/conf.py b/Kirigami/source/conf.py
--- a/Kirigami/source/conf.py
+++ b/Kirigami/source/conf.py
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 #
-from sphinx.util.console import bold
-import requests
+
 import os
 import sys
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
@@ -189,17 +188,8 @@
 
 # -- Extension configuration -------------------------------------------------
 
-doxylink = {
-    'kirigamiapi' : ('Kirigami2.tags', 'https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/html/'), # https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/html/Kirigami2.tags
-    'kwidgetsaddonsapi' : ('KWidgetsAddons.tags', 'https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kwidgetsaddons/html/'), # https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kwidgetsaddons/html/KWidgetsAddons.tags
-    'plasmaapi' : ('Plasma.tags', 'https://api.kde.org/frameworks/plasma-framework/html/') # https://api.kde.org/frameworks/plasma-framework/html/Plasma.tags
-}
-
-for doc in doxylink.values():
-    print(bold("Downloading file {} to {}".format(doc[1] + "/" + doc[0], doc[0])))
-    tagFile = open("../" + doc[0], "w")
-    tagFile.write(requests.get(doc[1] + "/" + doc[0]).text)
-    tagFile.close()
+from globalconf import get_doxylink
+doxylink = get_doxylink()
     
 # -- Options for intersphinx extension ---------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/globalconf.py b/globalconf.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/globalconf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import requests
+from sphinx.util.console import bold
+
+
+_DOXYLINK = {
+    'kirigamiapi' : ('Kirigami2.tags', 'https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/html/'), # https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/html/Kirigami2.tags
+    'kwidgetsaddonsapi' : ('KWidgetsAddons.tags', 'https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kwidgetsaddons/html/'), # https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kwidgetsaddons/html/KWidgetsAddons.tags
+    'plasmaapi' : ('Plasma.tags', 'https://api.kde.org/frameworks/plasma-framework/html/') # https://api.kde.org/frameworks/plasma-framework/html/Plasma.tags
+}
+
+
+def _download_doxylink(base_url, filename):
+    url = base_url + '/' + filename
+    print(bold("Downloading file {} to {}".format(url, filename)))
+    response = requests.get(url)
+    if response.status_code != 200:
+        raise Exception('{} HTTP response received from {}'
+                        .format(response.status_code, url))
+    with open('../' + filename, "w") as tagFile:
+        tagFile.write(response.text)
+
+
+def get_doxylink():
+    for doc in _DOXYLINK.values():
+        _download_doxylink(doc[1], doc[0])
+    return _DOXYLINK