Bugfix

plantton · Jan 23, 2014 · 6914ff9 · 6914ff9
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commit 6914ff9
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 8 deletions.
diff --git a/iastate_fetch_hrrr.py b/iastate_fetch_hrrr.py
@@ -13,25 +13,20 @@ def fetch_HRRR(forecast_time = 'f000', dimensionality = '3d', outdir = '/data/HR
     last_dir = HRRR_url + all_times[-1]
     print last_dir
     filename = 'hrrr.' + dimensionality + '.' + all_times[-1] + forecast_time + '.grib2'
-    print filename
-    req = urllib2.urlopen(last_dir + '/' + filename)
     exising_hrrr_files = os.listdir(outdir)
     outfile = outdir + filename
     if filename in exising_hrrr_files:
         print('File exists, saving bandwidth')
     else:
         print('fetching')
-        state = 'working'
         try:    
             req = urllib2.urlopen(last_dir + '/' + filename)
-        except:
-            outfile = 'null'
-            print('File not found, skipping')
-            state = 'dead'
-        if state == 'working':
             outobj=open(outfile, 'wb')
             outobj.write(req.read())
             outobj.close()
+        except:
+            outfile = 'null'
+            print('File not found, skipping')
     return outfile
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':