v0.0.2

Signed-off-by: Finbarrs Oketunji <f@finbarrs.eu>

Author: 0xnu

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.0.2 - 2023-02-18
+* Errors and Exception Handling
+
 ## 0.0.1 - 2023-02-17
 * Initial release

LONG_DESCRIPTION.rst

@@ -38,30 +38,40 @@ Usage Example
 .. code-block:: python
 
     from motapi.motdata import *
-    from dotenv import load_dotenv
-    import os
 
     api_key = "<your-api-key>" # your api key
     registration = "ML58FOU" # example of a vehicle registration
     page = 1 # pagination
     date = "20230201" # date must be five weeks from the current date
-    vehicle_id = "<enter your vehicle id here>" # unique vehicle ID for vehicles that have had an MOT test
+    vehicle_id = "<enter your vehicle id here>" # unique vehicle id for vehicles that have had an MOT test
 
     reg = Registration(api_key)
     reg_data = reg.get_data(registration)
-    print(reg_data)
+    if reg_data is not None:
+        print(reg_data)
+    else:
+        print("Failed to retrieve data!")
 
     p = Page(api_key)
     page_data = p.get_data(page)
-    print(page_data)
+    if page_data is not None:
+        print(page_data)
+    else:
+        print("Failed to retrieve data!")
 
     d = Date(api_key)
     date_data = d.get_data(date, page)
-    print(date_data)
+    if date_data is not None:
+        print(date_data)
+    else:
+        print("Failed to retrieve data!")
 
     v = VehicleID(api_key)
     vehicle_data = v.get_data(vehicle_id)
-    print(vehicle_data)
+    if vehicle_data is not None:
+        print(vehicle_data)
+    else:
+        print("Failed to retrieve data!")
 
 
 Request MOT History API Key

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # MOT History API Python SDK
 
+[![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/mot-history-api-py-sdk.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/mot-history-api-py-sdk)
+
 The SDK provides convenient access to the [MOT History API](https://dvsa.github.io/mot-history-api-documentation/) for applications written in the Python programming language.
 
 ## Requirements
@@ -30,30 +32,40 @@ python setup.py install --user
 
 ```python
 from motapi.motdata import *
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-import os
 
 api_key = "<your-api-key>" # your api key
 registration = "ML58FOU" # example of a vehicle registration
 page = 1 # pagination
 date = "20230201" # date must be five weeks from the current date
-vehicle_id = "<enter your vehicle id here>" # unique vehicle ID for vehicles that have had an MOT test
+vehicle_id = "<enter your vehicle id here>" # unique vehicle id for vehicles that have had an MOT test
 
 reg = Registration(api_key)
 reg_data = reg.get_data(registration)
-print(reg_data)
+if reg_data is not None:
+    print(reg_data)
+else:
+    print("Failed to retrieve data!")
 
 p = Page(api_key)
 page_data = p.get_data(page)
-print(page_data)
+if page_data is not None:
+    print(page_data)
+else:
+    print("Failed to retrieve data!")
 
 d = Date(api_key)
 date_data = d.get_data(date, page)
-print(date_data)
+if date_data is not None:
+    print(date_data)
+else:
+    print("Failed to retrieve data!")
 
 v = VehicleID(api_key)
 vehicle_data = v.get_data(vehicle_id)
-print(vehicle_data)
+if vehicle_data is not None:
+    print(vehicle_data)
+else:
+    print("Failed to retrieve data!")
 ```
 
 ## Setting up a MOT History API

motapi/motdata.py

@@ -13,8 +13,17 @@ def get_headers(self):
     def make_request(self, url, params=None):
         headers = self.get_headers()
         response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
-        response.raise_for_status()
-        return response.json()
+        try:
+            response.raise_for_status()
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as error:
+            print(f"HTTP error occurred: {error}")
+            return None
+        try:
+            data = response.json()
+        except ValueError:
+            print(f"Failed to parse response as JSON: {response.text}")
+            return None
+        return data
 
 
 class Registration(CheckMOTAPI):

requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-python-dotenv
 requests

setup.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from distutils.core import Extension
 
 NAME = "mot-history-api-py-sdk"
-VERSION = "0.0.1"
+VERSION = "0.0.2"
 REQUIRES = ["requests"]
 
 # read the contents of your README file

test.py

@@ -8,16 +8,28 @@
 
 reg = Registration(api_key)
 reg_data = reg.get_data(registration)
-print(reg_data)
+if reg_data is not None:
+    print(reg_data)
+else:
+    print("Failed to retrieve data!")
 
 p = Page(api_key)
 page_data = p.get_data(page)
-print(page_data)
+if page_data is not None:
+    print(page_data)
+else:
+    print("Failed to retrieve data!")
 
 d = Date(api_key)
 date_data = d.get_data(date, page)
-print(date_data)
+if date_data is not None:
+    print(date_data)
+else:
+    print("Failed to retrieve data!")
 
 v = VehicleID(api_key)
 vehicle_data = v.get_data(vehicle_id)
-print(vehicle_data)
+if vehicle_data is not None:
+    print(vehicle_data)
+else:
+    print("Failed to retrieve data!")