retrying getting json in case of failure

SuperMaddie · Aug 7, 2012 · b8e8e85 · b8e8e85
1 parent f2fae42
commit b8e8e85
Showing 1 changed file with 10 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/pywc_events.py b/pywc_events.py
@@ -46,7 +46,16 @@ def find_revision_id(title, revision, lang, startid=None):
 
     url = api_base + '?' + urllib.urlencode(options)
     logging.info(url)
-    result = simplejson.load(urllib.urlopen(url))
+    result = None
+    i = 0
+    while result is None and i < 10:
+        i += 1
+        try:
+            result = simplejson.load(urllib.urlopen(url))
+        except Exception:
+            logging.error("Can't get JSON from %s", url)
+    if result is None:
+        return None
 
     if revision < 500:
         pages = result["query"]["pages"]