From e334706eb6f148baa6cadb8c2418918e34982ac4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gertjan van den Burg Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:24:01 +0100 Subject: Add retries to the get_measles script This script occassionally fails on Travis, so we're adding some robustness to it. --- datasets/measles/get_measles.py | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/datasets/measles/get_measles.py b/datasets/measles/get_measles.py index eb58824..13f6dc9 100644 --- a/datasets/measles/get_measles.py +++ b/datasets/measles/get_measles.py @@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ import clevercsv import hashlib import json import os +import sys +import time from functools import wraps from urllib.request import urlretrieve +from urllib.error import URLError DAT_URL = "https://web.archive.org/web/20191128124615if_/https://ms.mcmaster.ca/~bolker/measdata/ewmeas.dat" @@ -70,7 +73,20 @@ def validate(checksum): @validate(MD5_DAT) def download_zip(target_path=None): - urlretrieve(DAT_URL, target_path) + count = 0 + while count < 5: + count += 1 + try: + urlretrieve(DAT_URL, target_path) + return + except URLError as err: + print( + "Error occurred (%r) when trying to download zip. Retrying in 5 seconds" + % err, + sys.stderr, + ) + time.sleep(5) + @validate(MD5_JSON) -- cgit v1.2.3