bcfeed_synch.py does not handle HTTP 503 from bitcoincharts well

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Run bcfeed_sync.py

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

bcfeed_synch: Checking potential for incremental update...
bcfeed_synch: Downloading mtgox historic data...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bcfeed_synch.py", line 41, in <module>
    data = urllib2.urlopen(link).read()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 127, in urlopen
    return _opener.open(url, data, timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 520, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 445, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 379, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 528, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 503: Service Temporarily Unavailable

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

9a3eb1cce9da

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Causes gal.py to crash and causes all the clients to crash.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by andreas@antonopoulos.com on 3 Feb 2013 at 9:51

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Issue confirmed.

Original comment by brian.mo...@gmail.com on 8 Feb 2013 at 3:49

• Changed state: Accepted

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possible change.  havent been able to test effectively yet.

Original comment by anderson...@gmail.com on 9 Feb 2013 at 3:35

Attachments:

• bcfeed_synch.py