spruced up the retry feature for slower connections and better stability

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/indeedwatcher.nim b/src/indeedwatcher.nim
index 69c0071..7419321 100644
--- a/src/indeedwatcher.nim
+++ b/src/indeedwatcher.nim
@@ -71,13 +71,17 @@ for feed in feeds:
 
     #Getting the listing URLs from the feeds
     var rssFeedReply: RSS
-    #TODO implement a retry-on-fail system
-    try: 
-        echo "now reading " & feed
-        rssFeedReply = getRSS(feed)
-    except:
-        raise
-
+    for attempt in countup(0,3):
+            try:
+                echo "now reading " & feed
+                rssFeedReply = getRSS(feed)
+            except:
+                if attempt < 3:
+                    echo "Recieved an error: trying again..."
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    raise
+            break
 
     for entry in rssFeedReply.items:
         #Sleep so indeed.com doesn't freak out
@@ -90,8 +94,17 @@ for feed in feeds:
         var URL = entry.link
         let URLID = entry.link.split('&')[3]
         if not any(cache, proc (input: string): bool = input.contains(URLID)):
-            echo "Telling chromium to navigate to " & URL
-            session.navigate(URL)
+            for attempt in countup(0,3):
+                try:
+                    echo "Telling chromium to navigate to " & URL
+                    session.navigate(URL)
+                except:
+                    if attempt < 3:
+                        echo "Recieved an error: trying again..."
+                        continue
+                    else:
+                        raise
+                break
             counter = counter + 1
         
             #HTML Parser