2 files changed, 20 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/scalding/src/main/scala/sandcrawler/HBaseCrossrefScoreJob.scala b/scalding/src/main/scala/sandcrawler/HBaseCrossrefScoreJob.scala
index a22af81..d3e78fe 100644
--- a/scalding/src/main/scala/sandcrawler/HBaseCrossrefScoreJob.scala
+++ b/scalding/src/main/scala/sandcrawler/HBaseCrossrefScoreJob.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class HBaseCrossrefScoreJob(args: Args) extends JobBase(args) with HBasePipeConv
     sourceMode = SourceMode.SCAN_ALL)
 
   val grobidPipe = grobidSource
-   .read
+    .read
     .map('tei_json -> 'slug) {
       json : String => HBaseCrossrefScore.grobidToSlug(json)}
 
@@ -42,17 +42,21 @@ class HBaseCrossrefScoreJob(args: Args) extends JobBase(args) with HBasePipeConv
 }
 
 object HBaseCrossrefScore {
-  def grobidToSlug(json : String) = {
+  def grobidToSlug(json : String) : Option[String] = {
     // https://stackoverflow.com/a/32717262/631051
     val jsonObject = JSON.parseFull(json)
-    val globalMap = jsonObject.get.asInstanceOf[Map[String, Any]]
-    globalMap.get("title") match {
-      case Some(title) => titleToSlug(title.asInstanceOf[String])
-      case None => ""
+    if (jsonObject == None) {
+      None
+    } else {
+      val globalMap = jsonObject.get.asInstanceOf[Map[String, Any]]
+      globalMap.get("title") match {
+        case Some(title) => Some(titleToSlug(title.asInstanceOf[String]))
+        case None => None
+      }
     }
   }
 
-  def titleToSlug(title : String) = {
+  def titleToSlug(title : String) : String = {
     title.split(":")(0)
   }
 }
diff --git a/scalding/src/test/scala/sandcrawler/HBaseCrossrefScoreTest.scala b/scalding/src/test/scala/sandcrawler/HBaseCrossrefScoreTest.scala
index 186bb70..ab6a798 100644
--- a/scalding/src/test/scala/sandcrawler/HBaseCrossrefScoreTest.scala
+++ b/scalding/src/test/scala/sandcrawler/HBaseCrossrefScoreTest.scala
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class HBaseCrossrefScoreTest extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
 }
 """
   val GrobidStringWithoutTitle = GrobidString.replace("title", "nottitle")
+  val MalformedGrobidString = GrobidString.replace("}", "")
 
   "titleToSlug()" should "extract the parts of titles before a colon" in {
     val slug = HBaseCrossrefScore.titleToSlug("hello:there")
@@ -63,11 +64,16 @@ class HBaseCrossrefScoreTest extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
 
   "grobidToSlug()" should "get the right slug for a grobid json string" in {
     val slug = HBaseCrossrefScore.grobidToSlug(GrobidString)
-    slug shouldBe "Dummy Example File"
+    slug should contain ("Dummy Example File")
   }
 
-  "grobidToSlug()" should "return empty string for a grobid json string without a title" in {
+  "grobidToSlug()" should "return None if given json string without title" in {
     val slug = HBaseCrossrefScore.grobidToSlug(GrobidStringWithoutTitle)
-    slug shouldBe ""
+    slug shouldBe None
+  }
+
+  "grobidToSlug()" should "return None if given a malformed json string" in {
+    val slug = HBaseCrossrefScore.grobidToSlug(MalformedGrobidString)
+    slug shouldBe None
   }
 }