@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@ class CapitolWord end def latest_for(congress_person, options={}) - latest_words = HTTParty.get(construct_url(congress_person, "lawmaker", "latest", options)) - latest_words.map do |latest_word| - CapitolWord.new(latest_word) + begin + Timeout.timeout(10) do + latest_words = HTTParty.get(construct_url(congress_person, "lawmaker", "latest", options)) + latest_words.map do |latest_word| + CapitolWord.new(latest_word) + end + end + rescue OpenURI::HTTPError, Timeout::Error + [] end end end lib/capitol_word.rb 546418b7e4ad332c0d199e3b8d6d40ce1e2464bc Veezus Kreist mremsik@gmail.com http://github.com/hashrocket/localpolitics.in/commit/7ce27bd91b10b73d81d9cdbcc9760e46900d26b2 7ce27bd91b10b73d81d9cdbcc9760e46900d26b2 2009-10-15T07:12:13-07:00 2009-10-15T07:12:13-07:00 Guard against CapitolWords timeout f5e8d676fec8a177d5b5618c9a00d4a7358bebe3 Veezus Kreist mremsik@gmail.com