event object does not have Docket attribute
I executed Courtbot API at my local environment, and I got an error.
Then, I found that event object does not have Docket attribute.
The below code is a part of api/views.py
@csrf_exempt
def case(request):
if request.method == 'GET':
year = request.GET.get('year', 'NOT PROVIDED')
county = request.GET.get('county', 'NOT PROVIDED')
case_num = request.GET.get('case_num', 'NOT PROVIDED')
try:
case = oscn.request.Case(year=year, county=county, number=case_num)
except Exception as exc:
print(exc)
err_msg = (
f'Unable to find case with the following information: '
f'year {year}, county {county}, case number {case_num}')
return JsonResponse({'error': err_msg})
arraignment_event = find_arraignment_or_return_False(case.events)
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def find_arraignment_or_return_False(events):
for event in events:
if "arraignment" in event.Docket.lower():
return event
return False
The case object is returned from oscn, then its events value goes into the
find_arraignment_or_return_False() method.
Then, events is iterated as event inside the find_arraignment_or_return_False()
However, event object does not have Docket attribute.
The event object has the following attributes.
- Amount
- Code
- Count
- Date
- Description
- Party
I think that the same problem happens at https://court.bot
I will experiment various Court Case Number to see what happen
I found out that if the case like below, oscn sends back events list. However, each event object in events list is an empty list-like object. Then, the court bot blows up because it accesses to a Docket attribute which does not exist. In order to handle this error, it is just to needed to handle this error. I will make a pull request to handle this error, so at least we prevent the court bot from halting suddenly. However, I have never encountered the an event object having Docket attribute with data even though I have encountered the event object having a Docket attribute with empty list. I picked up case numbers from 12/2020 to 1/2021 randomly, so I will extend the duration of case number samples to the past date.
