Add error checking for if the API is down

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/bladictionary.py b/bladictionary.py
index df5d0fc..cbe6b22 100644
--- a/bladictionary.py
+++ b/bladictionary.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import requests
-from lxml import etree as ET
+from lxml import etree
 
 version = "2.0.1b"
 class Definition(object):
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ class Definition(object):
 def get_xml():
 	api_url = "http://services.aonaware.com/DictService/DictService.asmx/DefineInDict?dictId=wn&word=red"
 
-	xml = ET.parse("http://services.aonaware.com/DictService/DictService.asmx/DefineInDict?dictId=wn&word=red")
+	try:
+		xml = etree.parse("http://services.aonaware.com/DictService/DictService.asmx/DefineInDict?dictId=wn&word=red")
+	except IOError:
+		print "Error: Could not access the Dictionary service."
+		return
 
 	#Root element tag is WordDefinition, which is the same as the element which contains the definition
 	#That's akward, so let's just 
@@ -119,9 +123,11 @@ def parse_xml(xml):
 
 
 def main():
-	print "test"
 	xml = get_xml()
 
+	if xml is None:
+		return
+
 	items = parse_xml(xml)
 
 	print len(items)