Merge pull request #4905 from NewAgeAirbender/mo_bills

MO: add exception if no LongTitle
openstates · Apr 1, 2024 · e126039 · e126039
2 parents a69c285 + 345e447
commit e126039
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diff --git a/scrapers/mo/bills.py b/scrapers/mo/bills.py
@@ -368,7 +368,10 @@ def _scrape_lower_chamber(self, session):
 
     def parse_house_bill(self, response, bill_id, bill_year, bill_code, session):
         official_title = response.xpath("//BillInformation/CurrentBillString/text()")[0]
-        bill_desc = response.xpath("//BillInformation/Title/LongTitle/text()")[0]
+        try:
+            bill_desc = response.xpath("//BillInformation/Title/LongTitle/text()")[0]
+        except IndexError:
+            bill_desc = "No title provided by the state website"
         bill_type = "bill"
         triplet = bill_id[:3]
         if triplet in bill_types: