handle HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error. just retry 5 times. then fail

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/issues.py b/issues.py
index 27f65ca..3e56a86 100755
--- a/issues.py
+++ b/issues.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def __rest_call_unchecked(before, after, data_dict=None):
     return response
 
 def rest_call(before, after, data_dict=None):
+    count500err = 0
     while True:
         try:
             return __rest_call_unchecked(before, after, data_dict)
@@ -60,6 +61,13 @@ def rest_call(before, after, data_dict=None):
                 l /= 2
                 data_dict = dict(map(lambda (k,v): (k,v[0:l]), data_dict.iteritems()))
                 continue
+            elif e.code == 500:
+                N = 5
+                if count500err >= N: raise e
+                print "Waiting 10 seconds, will try", (N - count500err), "more times"
+                sleep(10)
+                count500err += 1
+                continue
             raise e # reraise, we cannot handle it
 
 def labelify(string):