[api.http] handling 'too many redirects' exception

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## [0.9.24]
 ### Improvements
+- General
+  - handling http redirect errors
+  
 - Web
   - able to specify a custom User-Agent when installing apps that demand specific settings to work properly on Electron 13.X (e.g: WhatsApp Web)
   - checking for javascript fixes based on the Electron version (saved on disk as `~/.local/share/bauh/web/fixes/electron_{branch}/{app_name}.js`)

bauh/api/http.py

@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ class HttpClient:
             except Exception as e:
                 if isinstance(e, requests.exceptions.ConnectionError):
                     self.logger.error('Internet seems to be off')
-                    raise
+                    raise e
+                elif isinstance(e, requests.exceptions.TooManyRedirects):
+                    self.logger.warning(f"Too many redirects for GET -> {url}")
+                    raise e
 
                 self.logger.error("Could not retrieve data from '{}'".format(url))
                 traceback.print_exc()
@@ -100,9 +103,14 @@ class HttpClient:
 
     def exists(self, url: str, session: bool = True, timeout: int = 5) -> bool:
         params = {'url': url, 'allow_redirects': True, 'verify': False, 'timeout': timeout}
-        if session:
+
-            res = self.session.head(**params)
+        try:
-        else:
+            if session:
-            res = self.session.get(**params)
+                res = self.session.head(**params)
+            else:
+                res = self.session.get(**params)
+        except requests.exceptions.TooManyRedirects:
+            self.logger.warning(f"{url} seems to exist, but too many redirects have happened")
+            return True
 
         return res.status_code in (200, 403)