Wrapping API call in try/except

weather-fetch/fetch.py

@@ -31,15 +31,16 @@ class Report:
 
     def __str__(self):
         '''
-        Basically just a pretty print that we use to 
+        Basically just a pretty print that we use to show on the bar
         '''
         return f"It's {self.temp_c}° @ {self.hum}% humidity Status: {self.desc}"
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
+    try:
         response = requests.get('https://wttr.in/?format=j1')
-
+        # Due to polybar being weird everything goes to stdout
         if response.status_code == 200:
             try:
                 report = Report(response.json())
@@ -51,3 +52,5 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                 print('Error caught', e, file=sys.stderr)
         else:
             print('Unable to fetch data from wttr.in', file=sys.stderr)
+    except:
+        print('Unable to hit wttr API')