Graceful panic/recover for market data errors

layout.go

@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ func (self *Layout) Initialize() *Layout {
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-func (self *Layout) Market(m *Market) string {
+func (self *Layout) Market(market *Market) string {
+	if ok, err := market.Ok(); !ok {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	markup := `{{.Dow.name}}: {{.Dow.change}} ({{.Dow.percent}}) at {{.Dow.latest}}, {{.Sp500.name}}: {{.Sp500.change}} ({{.Sp500.percent}}) at {{.Sp500.latest}}, {{.Nasdaq.name}}: {{.Nasdaq.change}} ({{.Nasdaq.percent}}) at {{.Nasdaq.latest}}
 {{.Advances.name}}: {{.Advances.nyse}} ({{.Advances.nysep}}) on NYSE and {{.Advances.nasdaq}} ({{.Advances.nasdaqp}}) on Nasdaq. {{.Declines.name}}: {{.Declines.nyse}} ({{.Declines.nysep}}) on NYSE and {{.Declines.nasdaq}} ({{.Declines.nasdaqp}}) on Nasdaq {{if .IsClosed}}<right>U.S. markets closed</right>{{end}}
 New highs: {{.Highs.nyse}} on NYSE and {{.Highs.nasdaq}} on Nasdaq. New lows: {{.Lows.nyse}} on NYSE and {{.Lows.nasdaq}} on Nasdaq.`
@@ -59,8 +63,8 @@ New highs: {{.Highs.nyse}} on NYSE and {{.Highs.nasdaq}} on Nasdaq. New lows: {{
 	}
 
 	buffer := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	highlight(m.Dow, m.Sp500, m.Nasdaq)
+	highlight(market.Dow, market.Sp500, market.Nasdaq)
-	if err = template.Execute(buffer, m); err != nil {
+	if err := template.Execute(buffer, market); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 

yahoo_market.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package mop
 
 import (
+	`fmt`
 	`bytes`
 	`io/ioutil`
 	`net/http`
@@ -12,8 +13,9 @@ import (
 	`strings`
 )
 
+const url = `http://finance.yahoo.com/marketupdate/overview`
+
 type Market struct {
-	regex      *regexp.Regexp
 	IsClosed   bool
 	Dow        map[string]string
 	Nasdaq     map[string]string
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ type Market struct {
 	Unchanged  map[string]string
 	Highs      map[string]string
 	Lows       map[string]string
+	regex      *regexp.Regexp
+	errors     string
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@ func (self *Market) Initialize() *Market {
 	self.Unchanged  = make(map[string]string)
 	self.Highs      = make(map[string]string)
 	self.Lows       = make(map[string]string)
+	self.errors     = ``
 
 	const any = `\s*<.+?>`
 	const some = `<.+?`
@@ -61,13 +66,19 @@ func (self *Market) Initialize() *Market {
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-func (self *Market) Fetch() *Market {
+func (self *Market) Fetch() (this *Market) {
-	response, err := http.Get(`http://finance.yahoo.com/marketupdate/overview`)
+	this = self	// <-- This ensures we return correct self in case of panic attack.
+	defer func() {
+		if err := recover(); err != nil {
+			self.errors = fmt.Sprintf("Error fetching market data...\n%s", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	response, err := http.Get(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	// Fetch response and get its body.
 	defer response.Body.Close()
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -83,6 +94,11 @@ func (self *Market) Format() string {
 	return new(Layout).Initialize().Market(self)
 }
 
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+func (self *Market) Ok() (bool, string) {
+	return self.errors == ``, self.errors
+}
+
 // private
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 func (self *Market) check_if_market_open(body []byte) []byte {
@@ -107,15 +123,9 @@ func (self *Market) trim(body []byte) []byte {
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 func (self *Market) extract(snippet []byte) *Market {
 	matches := self.regex.FindAllStringSubmatch(string(snippet), -1)
-
+	if len(matches) < 1 || len(matches[0]) < 37 {
-	// if len(matches) > 0 {
+		panic(`Unable to parse ` + url)
-	//         fmt.Printf("%d matches\n", len(matches[0]))
+	}
-	//         for i, str := range matches[0][1:] {
-	//                 fmt.Printf("%d) [%s]\n", i, str)
-	//         }
-	// } else {
-	//         println(`No matches`)
-	// }
 
 	self.Dow[`name`] = matches[0][1]
 	self.Dow[`latest`] = matches[0][2]