From 30dd9b2bcd29d55c8e4d6f798009778114f99f1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Christopher T. Johnson" <ctjctj@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:22:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Process 404 returns correctly.  Fixes: #20

---
 workers.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/workers.py b/workers.py
index 67fddb1..fff0585 100644
--- a/workers.py
+++ b/workers.py
@@ -129,12 +129,16 @@ def update_db(case_id: str, db: QSqlDatabase) -> int:
     r = requests.get(
         f"https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/{case_id}.html"
     )
+    if r.status_code == 404:
+        return -1
+
     if r.status_code != 200:
         print(r.status_code)
         exit(1)
     bs = BeautifulSoup(r.text, "lxml")
     #
     # SCOTUS does not return 404 for page not found.
+    # Feb 27: SCOTUS is returning 404s but I don't trust them.
     #
     title = bs.find("title")
     assert isinstance(title, Tag) and isinstance(title.string, str)