#35: this should solve the issue in python2.7

nansencenter · Nov 9, 2020 · d15a49c · d15a49c
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commit d15a49c
Showing 1 changed file with 10 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/pythesint/cf_vocabulary.py b/pythesint/cf_vocabulary.py
@@ -20,13 +20,21 @@ def _fetch_online_data(self):
         details = {}
         metadata_details = node.getElementsByTagName('owl:Ontology')[0]
         for detail in metadata_details.childNodes:
-            if type(detail)==xml.dom.minidom.Element:
+            # This does not work in python2.7 because type(detail)=instance
+            #if type(detail)==xml.dom.minidom.Element:
+            try:
                 details[detail.nodeName] = detail.childNodes[0].data
+            except (AttributeError, IndexError):
+                continue
 
         cf_list = [details]
         for cnode in node.getElementsByTagName('Standard_Name')[0].childNodes:
-            if type(cnode)==xml.dom.minidom.Element:
+            #if type(cnode)==xml.dom.minidom.Element:
+            try:
                 entry = cnode.getElementsByTagName('Standard_Name')[0]
+            except (AttributeError, IndexError):
+                continue
+            else:
                 standard_name = entry.getAttribute('rdf:about')
                 units = ''
                 if entry.getElementsByTagName('canonical_units'):