try_except.py

try_except.py

from requests import codes # the code names from requests 
from http.client import responses #it lets you look up the response

try:
    r = requests.get('https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/22/1-100', timeout=1)
    r.raise_for_status() # returns an HTTPError object if an error has occurred during the process
except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as errh: # explains the errror 
    print("HTTP Error")
    print(errh.args[0]) # look up the 1st argument from HTTPError 
else:
    status_code = r.status_code # looks up the status code
    status_name = responses[status_code] # looks up the http.client import responses
    if status_name:
        print("Response Code:", status_code)
        print("Status Name:", status_name)
    else:
        print("Response Code:", status_code)
        
        
        # source: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/exception-handling-of-python-requests-module/
        # source: https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_try_except.asp