error handling

2012-02-02 17:42:00 +01:00
parent 1a7a270901
commit 85c16d10d7
1 changed files with 5 additions and 5 deletions
--- a/client/electrum
+++ b/client/electrum
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                elif k =='signer':
                    signer = uv
                    if not wallet.is_valid(signer):
-                        print signer
-                        print "trying canonical URL"
                        import urllib
                        url = 'http://'+signer+'/bitcoin.id'
-                        print url
-                        signer = urllib.urlopen(url).read().strip()
-                        print repr(signer)
+                        try:
+                            signer = urllib.urlopen(url).read().strip()
+                        except:
+                            # no need to display something, the signature verification will fail anyway
+                            pass
                    
                else: print k,v
                if k in ['signer','signature']: