# HG changeset patch
# User Peter Sanchez <petersanchez@gmail.com>
# Date 1291257121 28800
#      Wed Dec 01 18:32:01 2010 -0800
# Node ID fac22c32f4ba15f32a8fde1aa4b9c41f331f06d6
# Parent  6afaafb58bd5e2887d7b6f745069ed214026f553
Updated to catch the oh so often 503 errors with Twitter's API

diff --git a/twittersync/__init__.py b/twittersync/__init__.py
--- a/twittersync/__init__.py
+++ b/twittersync/__init__.py
@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
-__version__ = '0.1'
+__version__ = '0.2'
diff --git a/twittersync/helpers.py b/twittersync/helpers.py
--- a/twittersync/helpers.py
+++ b/twittersync/helpers.py
@@ -50,7 +50,13 @@
         except TwitterStatus.DoesNotExist:
             latest = None
 
-        res = self.send_request(latest)
-        results = json.load(res)
-        for result in results:
-            self.save_status_update(result)
+        try:
+            res = self.send_request(latest)
+        except urlib2.HTTPError:
+            # Twitter often gives 503 errors when the 
+            # API is overwhelmed.
+            pass
+        else:
+            results = json.load(res)
+            for result in results:
+                self.save_status_update(result)