4cab72d Added exception blocks so that json loads fail more gracefully

Authored and Committed by ankursinha 9 years ago
1 file changed. 14 lines added. 7 lines removed.
    Added exception blocks so that json loads fail more gracefully
    
    Added error checking for server responses. Sometimes, the server just
    returns the front page. Not sure why this is. In this case, the
    json.loads barfs out.
    
    In get_shortened_url:
    Changed the logic that was used to extract the shortened URL. When we
    iterated over all lines of the json response, there was a chance that
    the term "short_url" would turn up in the middle, and the json.load
    method would barf. Since we know that the short_url response is always
    in the third last line, I'm using this information instead.
    
        
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