From fc0dfd8f2cee275511164490ddf14a181770437a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Williams <andy@tensixtyone.com>
Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 18:32:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Show error message instead of 500 when reddit is unavailable

---
 hr/views.py                         | 7 ++++++-
 templates/hr/applications/view.html | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hr/views.py b/hr/views.py
index 62440b6..c7768a0 100644
--- a/hr/views.py
+++ b/hr/views.py
@@ -70,7 +70,12 @@ def view_application(request, applicationid):
 
     posts = []
     for acc in redditacc:
-        posts.extend(acc.recent_posts())
+        try: 
+            accposts = acc.recent_posts()
+        except:
+            reddit_error = "Encountered a error while trying to get all Reddit posts"
+            accposts = []
+        posts.extend(accposts)
 
     return render_to_response('hr/applications/view.html', locals(), context_instance=RequestContext(request))
 
diff --git a/templates/hr/applications/view.html b/templates/hr/applications/view.html
index c30e544..f43df89 100644
--- a/templates/hr/applications/view.html
+++ b/templates/hr/applications/view.html
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
 
 <h3>Reddit Posts</h3>
 <ul>
+{% if reddit_error %}
+<p><b>{{ reddit_error }}</b></p>
+{% endif %}
 {% for post in posts %}
 {% ifnotequal post.kind 1 %}
 <p><b><a href="http://reddit.com{{ post.permalink }}">{{ post.title }}</a></b> - (/r/{{ post.subreddit }})</p>