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-rw-r--r--python/fatcat_tools/harvest/doi_registrars.py9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/python/fatcat_tools/harvest/doi_registrars.py b/python/fatcat_tools/harvest/doi_registrars.py
index 2554fe96..03773c15 100644
--- a/python/fatcat_tools/harvest/doi_registrars.py
+++ b/python/fatcat_tools/harvest/doi_registrars.py
@@ -136,7 +136,14 @@ class HarvestCrossrefWorker:
time.sleep(30.0)
continue
http_resp.raise_for_status()
- resp = http_resp.json()
+ try:
+ resp_body = http_resp.text
+ resp = json.loads(resp_body)
+ except json.JSONDecodeError as exc:
+ # Datacite API returned HTTP 200, but JSON seemed unparseable.
+ # It might be a glitch, so we retry.
+ print("failed to decode body from {}: {}".format(http_resp.url, resp_body), file=sys.stderr)
+ raise
items = self.extract_items(resp)
count += len(items)
print("... got {} ({} of {}), HTTP fetch took {}".format(len(items), count,