Default to /r/kittens when subreddit doesn't exist

2013-10-17 15:13:12 +02:00 · 2013-10-17 15:13:12 +02:00 · 902288bf18
parent 5c9e43aedf
commit 902288bf18
1 changed files with 6 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/pensieve.py
+++ b/pensieve.py
@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ import time

 def load_json(subreddit):
    req = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.reddit.com/r/' + subreddit + '.json?limit=1000')
+    try:
        json_string = json.load(req)
+    except ValueError:
+        req = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.reddit.com/r/kittens.json?limit=1000')
+        json_string = json.load(req)
+        
    return json_string[u'data'][u'children']

 def add_urls_to_list(subreddit):