Merge pull request #207 from mila-iqia/handle-authentication-with-lac…

…k-of-db

Handle connection exception when checking the user

clockwork_web/user.py

@@ -110,7 +110,11 @@ def get(mila_email_username: str):
 
         mc = get_db()
 
-        L = list(mc["users"].find({"mila_email_username": mila_email_username}))
+        try:
+            L = list(mc["users"].find({"mila_email_username": mila_email_username}))
+        except:
+            return None
+
         # This is not an error from which we expect to be able to recover gracefully.
         # It could happen if you copied data from your database directly
         # using an external script, and ended up with many instances of your users.

scripts/ensure_one_fake_admin_in_db.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Helper script to make sure testing db contains at least 1 admin user.
 Used for frontend admin tests.
 """
+
 from slurm_state.mongo_client import get_mongo_client
 from slurm_state.config import get_config