On 09/27/2017 01:05 PM, Sayth Renshaw wrote:
Hi
I have got a successful script setup to rotate through dates and download json
data from the url.
As the api returns 200 whether successful I want to check if the file returned
is not successful.
when a file doesn't exist the api returns
{'RaceDay': None, 'ErrorInfo': {'SystemId': 200, 'ErrorNo': 55013,
'DisplayMessage': 'File Not Found.', 'ContactSupport': False,
'SupportErrorReference': '200-55013'}, 'Success': False}
When I call data = r.json() it says its type is None if it is not successful so
I thought it easier to check that.
However checking for None does not work the flow in my if else falls straight
to else.
for dates in fullUrl:
r = requests.get(dates)
data = r.json()
if data is None:
print("Nothing here")
else:
print(data["RaceDay"])
Your data is not None, it's a full dictionary.
However, data["RaceDay"] *is* None as shown in your output. Thus your
test should be:
if data["RaceDay"] is None: ...
rather than
if data is None: ...
and I get output of
None
None
{'MeetingDate': '2017-01- ... and so on.
How can I actually get this to check?
If i use type(data) I also get None.
Cheers
Sayth
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