After providing a data.gov.uk URL on the first page, it never progresses (#836)

[sumikasan]

https://github.com/theodi/open-data-certificate/issues/836

[pezholio]

This highlights the need for more robust error catching for the url checking

[pezholio]

@JeniT - Which dataset were you trying to validate in the meeting earlier? I thought it was English Indices of Deprivation, but that works for me :/

[JeniT]

Yes, http://data.gov.uk/dataset/index-of-multiple-deprivation.

Maybe I have some weird cookie thing going on?!?

Jeni

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@JeniT - Which dataset were you trying to validate in the meeting earlier? I thought it
was English Indices of Deprivation, but that works for me :/

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[pezholio]

I can't replicate this, but I am going to spend some time trying to speed up the data_kitten stuff, which I suspect is the root cause of this.

[pezholio]

Ah, OK. This is a problem, however, I can't catch it. If I have the Javascript console open it works, but when I don't I get a 500 response, but nothing comes up in Airbrake. WHAT DID YOU SEE?

[pezholio]

A sort of fix is here:

https://github.com/theodi/open-data-certificate/pull/847

I struggled to replicate the issue, so I think this is an edge case. Instead, I've just added better error handling and feedback to the user.