Extraction errors (in log.txt) aren't shown to user

scraperwiki / spreadsheet-download-tool

A ScraperWiki plugin for downloading data from a box as a CSV or Excel spreadsheet

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Extraction errors (in log.txt) aren't shown to user #48

Closed zarino closed 10 years ago

zarino commented 10 years ago

If create_downloads.py raises an exception, the user is never notified – all they see is an infinite "generating" or "waiting" spinner.

The exception is written to log.txt but you can't see that without SSHing in.

The exception is also saved into the _error table. Perhaps checkStatus() should check this table, and if an error exists, cancel window.timer and show the message?

zarino commented 10 years ago

A solution for this bug is being built here: https://github.com/scraperwiki/spreadsheet-download-tool/pull/51