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authorJoe Robinson <joe@mumsnet.com>2014-09-16 14:57:17 +0100
committerJoe Robinson <joe@mumsnet.com>2014-09-16 14:57:17 +0100
commitadc06d3e9905fcde60d90134f3e4a38241d54546 (patch)
tree947c46fde541b3983bda129b1eb72d1e48701320 /bladictionary.py
parentd0e39099b8d287e9a2c070717dbba81c296442ac (diff)
Add error checking for if the API is down
Diffstat (limited to 'bladictionary.py')
-rw-r--r--bladictionary.py12
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)