Better error handling if the API is down

mrgaaron · Dec 13, 2010 · 1087b34 · 1087b34
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commit 1087b34
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diff --git a/liclient/parsers/lixml.py b/liclient/parsers/lixml.py
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 import mappers
 import re
 
+class UnavailableAPIService(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
 class LinkedInXMLParser(object):
     def __init__(self, content):
         self.routing = {
@@ -17,7 +21,11 @@ def __init__(self, content):
         }
         self.tree = etree.fromstring(content)
         self.root = self.tree.tag
-        self.results = self.__forward_tree(self.tree, self.root)
+        try:
+            self.results = self.__forward_tree(self.tree, self.root)
+        except KeyError as e:
+            raise UnavailableAPIService(e)
+
 
     def __forward_tree(self, tree, root):
         results = self.routing[root](tree)