Error pulling down today's racecards

[WaspStar]

This has just started today. When I try to pull down today's racecards using the command, "racecards.py today", I'm getting the following errors (note: racecards.py tomorrow is working fine at the moment)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\rpscrape\scripts\racecards.py", line 459, in
main()
File "C:\rpscrape\scripts\racecards.py", line 449, in main
races = parse_races(session, race_urls, date)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\rpscrape\scripts\racecards.py", line 296, in parse_races
race['distance_f'] = distance_to_furlongs(race['distance_round'])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\rpscrape\scripts\racecards.py", line 39, in distance_to_furlongs
return float(dist)
^^^^^^^^^^^
ValueError: could not convert string to float: ''

Thanks!

[rmwesley99]

It is normally just a transient issue with incorrectly formatted HTML on the RP website (he says trying to sound like he knows what he is talking about). Today's race card attached from when it was working yesterday. Just rename from a TXT to a JSON file.
2022-11-01.txt

[joenano]

Its the flemington races, having a look just now.

Links seem to be forwarding to the result page instead of the racecard.

[WaspStar]

Thank you @rmwesley99 @joenano

[joenano]

Should be fixed in latest.

[WaspStar]

Thank you @joenano - works perfectly after an upgrade.

Just for info, when I do an upgrade, it definitely works, but I get the message, "Failed to update" afterwards.

[joenano]

Just for info, when I do an upgrade, it definitely works, but I get the message, "Failed to update" afterwards.

this is very annoying to test, seems to work for some and not for others, you can turn off auto update in settings and git pull manually