throw error on API fetch failure

PyDictionary/core.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     from .utils import _get_soup_object
 except:
     from utils import _get_soup_object
+from exceptions import ApiError
 
 python2 = False
 if list(sys.version_info)[0] == 2:
@@ -133,10 +134,12 @@ def meaning(term, disable_errors=False):
                 name = a.text
                 out[name] = meanings
             return out
-        except Exception as e:
+        except IndexError as e:
             if disable_errors == False:
                 print("Error: The Following Error occured: %s" % e)
 
+            raise ApiError("Failed to fetch meaning from API")
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     d = PyDictionary('honest','happy')
     d.printSynonyms()

PyDictionary/exceptions.py

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class ApiError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, msg):
+        self.msg = msg
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.msg

PyDictionary/test_pydictionary.py

@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@
 	from .__init__ import PyDictionary #Python 3
 except:
 	from __init__ import PyDictionary
+from exceptions import ApiError
 
 dictionary=PyDictionary()
 
 class PyDictionaryTest(unittest.TestCase):
 	def testMeaning(self):
 		self.assertIsInstance(dictionary.meaning('python'),dict)
 		self.assertIsInstance(dictionary.meaning("neural network"), dict)
+		self.assertRaises(ApiError, dictionary.meaning, "blies", disable_errors=False)
+
 	def testSynonym(self):
 		self.assertIsInstance(dictionary.synonym('happy'),list)
 	def testAntonym(self):