Investigate error and possible remediation

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GENERAL: resetting error counter
MAINFRAME: selecting CATS function
MAINFRAME: opening docket search page
MAINFRAME: searching mainframe for case: MC6938
MAINFRAME: checking to see if case exists
MAINFRAME: case found
MAINFRAME: parsing first page of case file
MAINFRAME: navigating additional pages of case file
MAINFRAME: getting party names
MAINFRAME: defendant counsel empty, setting 'NONE'
MAINFRAME: judge name: STEVEN D. SMITH
date filed: 08/15/2019
time filed:
civil action code: CV-ST
action description: CIVIL SUIT
defendant name: TALLMAN ASHLEY A
plaintiff name: PORTFOLIO REC/COM BK/VICTORIA'S S
plaintiff counsel: COOLING & WINTER, LLC
defendant counsel: NONE
GENERAL: checking data
GENERAL: writing case to NEW_CASE
GENERAL: resetting error counter
MAINFRAME: selecting CATS function
MAINFRAME: opening docket search page
MAINFRAME: searching mainframe for case: MC6939
MAINFRAME: checking to see if case exists
MAINFRAME: case found
MAINFRAME: parsing first page of case file
MAINFRAME: navigating additional pages of case file
MAINFRAME: getting party names
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 7, in <module>
    import get_cases
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 110, in <module>
    main()
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 107, in main
    get_municipal_court()
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 97, in get_municipal_court
    each_court(court_name)
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 66, in each_court
    last_successful_case_number)  # scan, giving back last known successfully accessed case number
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 36, in scan
    year, judge_name, date_filed, time_filed, plaintiff_name, plaintiff_counsel, defendant_name, defendant_counsel, civil_action, action_description = mainframe_parse_case()  # pull the data from mainframe
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/mainframe.py", line 110, in mainframe_parse_case
    name = em.string_get(x, 38, 33).strip()
  File "/home/hayden/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/py3270/__init__.py", line 455, in string_get
    return cmd.data[0].decode("ascii")
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 32: ordinal not in range(128)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 12, in <module>
    dap_log_general(LogLevel.CRITICAL, "exception encountered [%i]: %s" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
NameError: name 'LogLevel' is not defined

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My first thought was to encode those party strings at UTF:

name = em.string_get(x, 38, 33).strip().encode('utf-8')
        name = " ".join(name.split()).encode('utf-8')

But that generated this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 7, in <module>
    import get_cases
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 110, in <module>
    main()
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 107, in main
    get_municipal_court()
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 97, in get_municipal_court
    each_court(court_name)
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 66, in each_court
    last_successful_case_number)  # scan, giving back last known successfully accessed case number
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 36, in scan
    year, judge_name, date_filed, time_filed, plaintiff_name, plaintiff_counsel, defendant_name, defendant_counsel, civil_action, action_description = mainframe_parse_case()  # pull the data from mainframe
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/mainframe.py", line 111, in mainframe_parse_case
    name = " ".join(name.split()).encode('utf-8')
TypeError: sequence item 0: expected str instance, bytes found

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 12, in <module>
    dap_log_general(LogLevel.CRITICAL, "exception encountered [%i]: %s" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
NameError: name 'LogLevel' is not defined

[sirredbeard]

MC6939 is the case in question.

[sirredbeard]

Occurred on MC4941 too:

GENERAL: getting municipal court cases
DATABASE: getting latest case number
GENERAL: scan for cases
MAINFRAME: connecting to mainframe
COMPLIANCE: mainframe connection established
MAINFRAME: selecting mainframe application
MAINFRAME: logging into mainframe
MAINFRAME: sending username
MAINFRAME: sending password
MAINFRAME: checking if user already logged in
MAINFRAME: login successful
MAINFRAME: selecting CATS function
MAINFRAME: opening docket search page
MAINFRAME: searching mainframe for case: MC6941
MAINFRAME: checking to see if case exists
MAINFRAME: case found
MAINFRAME: parsing first page of case file
MAINFRAME: navigating additional pages of case file
MAINFRAME: getting party names
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 7, in <module>
    import get_cases
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 110, in <module>
    main()
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 107, in main
    get_municipal_court()
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 97, in get_municipal_court
    each_court(court_name)
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 66, in each_court
    last_successful_case_number)  # scan, giving back last known successfully accessed case number
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 36, in scan
    year, judge_name, date_filed, time_filed, plaintiff_name, plaintiff_counsel, defendant_name, defendant_counsel, civil_action, action_description = mainframe_parse_case()  # pull the data from mainframe
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/mainframe.py", line 110, in mainframe_parse_case
    name = em.string_get(x, 38, 33).strip()
  File "/home/hayden/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/py3270/__init__.py", line 455, in string_get
    return cmd.data[0].decode("ascii")
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 32: ordinal not in range(128)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 12, in <module>
    dap_log_general(LogLevel.CRITICAL, "exception encountered [%i]: %s" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
NameError: name 'LogLevel' is not defined

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Screenshots of those pages in MC:

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MAINFRAME: searching mainframe for case: MC6941
MAINFRAME: checking to see if case exists
MAINFRAME: case found
MAINFRAME: parsing first page of case file
MAINFRAME: navigating additional pages of case file
MAINFRAME: getting party names
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 7, in <module>
    import get_cases
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 110, in <module>
    main()
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 107, in main
    get_municipal_court()
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 97, in get_municipal_court
    each_court(court_name)
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 66, in each_court
    last_successful_case_number)  # scan, giving back last known successfully accessed case number
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/get_cases.py", line 36, in scan
    year, judge_name, date_filed, time_filed, plaintiff_name, plaintiff_counsel, defendant_name, defendant_counsel, civil_action, action_description = mainframe_parse_case()  # pull the data from mainframe
  File "/mnt/c/Users/Hayden/OneDrive/Documents/GitHub/DAP/mainframe.py", line 110, in mainframe_parse_case
    name = em.string_get(x, 38, 33).strip()
  File "/home/hayden/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/py3270/__init__.py", line 455, in string_get
    return cmd.data[0].decode("ascii")
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 32: ordinal not in range(128)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 12, in <module>
    dap_log_general(LogLevel.CRITICAL, "exception encountered [%i]: %s" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
NameError: name 'LogLevel' is not defined

[sirredbeard]

Something about these cases:

MC6939
MC6941
MC6946
MC6949
MC6950

Look at that non-standard character in MC6950 and MC6946 like MC6939:

what if we change the order of get_string().strip().encode('utf-8') to get_string().encode('utf-8').strip() ?

[sirredbeard]

I tried a few things, nothing seemed to work, not sure if I tried this. I wondered at the time if the py3270 library had an issue with non-ascii strings.