added try clause to link scraper

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/app/links/models.py b/app/links/models.py
index 45d9c09..d7e04c4 100644
--- a/app/links/models.py
+++ b/app/links/models.py
@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@ def random_link():
 
 
 def get_source(source):
-    url = "http://heckyesmarkdown.com/go/?read=1&preview=0&showframe=0&output=json&u=%s" % (source)
-    r = requests.get(url, timeout=15.001)
-    data = r.json()
+    try:
+        url = "http://heckyesmarkdown.com/go/?read=1&preview=0&showframe=0&output=json&u=%s" % (source)
+        r = requests.get(url, timeout=15.001)
+        data = r.json()
+    except:
+        data = ""
     return data