Better API handling, avoid hitting the character API with NPC corps

app/eve_api/api_exceptions.py

@@ -20,5 +20,8 @@ class APIAccessException(Exception):
     Raised on Access errors of any kind, network and EVE API failures
     """
 
+    def __init__(self, msg):
+        self.msg = msg
+
     def __str__(self):
-        return "An error was encountered while accessing the EVE API."
+        return "An error was encountered while accessing the EVE API: %s" % self.msg

app/eve_api/tasks/character.py

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def import_eve_character_func(character_id, key_id=None, logger=logging.getLogge
         char_doc = CachedDocument.objects.api_query('/eve/CharacterInfo.xml.aspx', params={'characterID': character_id}, no_cache=False)
     except DocumentRetrievalError, exc:
         logger.error('Error retrieving CharacterInfo.xml.aspx for Character ID %s - %s' % (character_id, exc))
-        raise APIAccessException
+        raise APIAccessException(exc.value)
 
     d = basic_xml_parse_doc(char_doc)['eveapi']
     if 'error' in d:

app/eve_api/tasks/corporation.py

@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ def import_corp_details_func(corp_id, log=logging.getLogger(__name__)):
         if int(d['allianceID']):
             corpobj.alliance, created = EVEPlayerAlliance.objects.get_or_create(id=d['allianceID'])
 
-        if int(d['ceoID']) > 1:
+        # Skip looking up the CEOs for NPC corps and ones with no CEO defined (dead corps)
+        if corp_id > 1000182 int(d['ceoID']) > 1:
             import_eve_character.delay(d['ceoID'], callback=link_ceo.subtask(corporation=corpobj.id))
         else:
             corpobj.ceo_character = None