In this article we will see how we can handle errors related to IMDb module of Python, error like invalid search or data base error network issues that are related to IMDbPY can be caught by checking for the imdb.IMDbErrorexception
In order to handle error we have to import the following
from imdb import IMDbError
Syntax :
try :
# code
except IMDbError as e:
# action to handle it
If any error related to IMDb occur then it will get caught by except block.
Below is the implementation.
Python3
# importing librariesfrom imdb import IMDb, IMDbError# try blocktry: # creating instance of imdb ia = IMDb() # getting person (it accept people id only) people = ia.get_person('abcd') # except block except IMDbError as e: # printing the exception print(e) |
Output :
invalid personID "abcd": invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'abcd'
Another example: In this we have turn off the internet connection
Python3
# importing librariesfrom imdb import IMDb, IMDbError# try blocktry: # creating instance of imdb ia = IMDb() # searching person people = ia.search_person('abcd') # except block except IMDbError as e: # printing the exception print(e) |
Output :
{'errcode': None, 'errmsg': 'None', 'url': 'https://www.imdb.com/find?q=abcd&s=nm', 'proxy': '', 'exception type': 'IOError', 'original exception': URLError(gaierror(11001, 'getaddrinfo failed'))}
