fix: application is not initializing when there is no internet connection

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - 3 password attempts for root authentication
 - AUR:
     - showing a "user-friendly" popup when there are integrity issues with the source-files of a building package
+    
 ### Fixes
+- application not initializing when there is no internet connection
 - AUR:
     - update-checking for some scenarios
     - not respecting **ignorepkg** settings in **pacman.conf**

bauh/gems/appimage/worker.py

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ from multiprocessing import Process
 from pathlib import Path
 from threading import Thread
 
+import requests
+
 from bauh.api.http import HttpClient
 from bauh.gems.appimage import LOCAL_PATH, db
 
@@ -68,7 +70,11 @@ class DatabaseUpdater(Thread if bool(int(os.getenv('BAUH_DEBUG', 0))) else Proce
     def run(self):
         if self.enabled:
             while True:
+                try:
                     self._download_databases()
+                except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+                    self.logger.warning('The internet connection seems to be off.')
+
                 self.logger.info('Sleeping')
                 time.sleep(self.sleep)
         else:

bauh/gems/arch/worker.py

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ from multiprocessing import Process
 from threading import Thread
 from typing import Dict, List
 
+import requests
+
 from bauh.api.abstract.context import ApplicationContext
 from bauh.api.abstract.controller import SoftwareManager
 from bauh.api.constants import HOME_PATH
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ class AURIndexUpdater(Thread):
                         self.logger.info('Pre-indexed {} AUR package names in memory'.format(len(self.man.names_index)))
                     else:
                         self.logger.warning('No data returned from: {}'.format(URL_INDEX))
-                except ConnectionError:
+                except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
                     self.logger.warning('No internet connection: could not pre-index packages')
 
                 time.sleep(60 * 20)  # updates every 20 minutes
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ class CategoriesDownloader:
     def get_categories(self) -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
         self.logger.info('Downloading AUR category definitions from {}'.format(self.URL_CATEGORIES_FILE))
 
+        try:
             res = self.http_client.get(self.URL_CATEGORIES_FILE)
 
             if res:
@@ -166,3 +169,7 @@ class CategoriesDownloader:
                     return {}
             else:
                 self.logger.info('Could not download {}'.format(self.URL_CATEGORIES_FILE))
+                return {}
+        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+            self.logger.warning('The internet connection seems to be off.')
+            return {}

bauh/gems/snap/worker.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import traceback
 from threading import Thread
 from typing import Dict, List
 
+import requests
+
 from bauh.api.abstract.cache import MemoryCache
 from bauh.api.abstract.context import ApplicationContext
 from bauh.api.abstract.controller import SoftwareManager
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ class CategoriesDownloader:
     def get_categories(self) -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
         self.logger.info('Downloading Snap category definitions from {}'.format(self.URL_CATEGORIES_FILE))
 
+        try:
             res = self.http_client.get(self.URL_CATEGORIES_FILE)
 
             if res:
@@ -103,3 +106,6 @@ class CategoriesDownloader:
                     return {}
             else:
                 self.logger.info('Could not download {}'.format(self.URL_CATEGORIES_FILE))
+        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+            self.logger.warning('The internet connection seems to be off.')
+            return {}