From 61ea5ad7439b43d80d6e2184fd663924a5a7dcc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dennis Pham Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:10:25 -0400 Subject: Catch ConnectionError when trying to get updated repository data This will prevent a 500 server error on our homepage when GitHub's API is down, allowing us to use the cached data we have instead. --- pydis_site/apps/home/views/home.py | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/pydis_site/apps/home/views/home.py b/pydis_site/apps/home/views/home.py index 79c7695b..20e38ab0 100644 --- a/pydis_site/apps/home/views/home.py +++ b/pydis_site/apps/home/views/home.py @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class HomeView(View): # Try to get new data from the API. If it fails, return the cached data. try: api_repositories = self._get_api_data() - except TypeError: + except (TypeError, ConnectionError): return RepositoryMetadata.objects.all() database_repositories = [] -- cgit v1.2.3