Catch and ignore space launch API errors

agenda/thespacedevs.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Summary = dict[str, typing.Any]
 ttl = 60 * 60 * 2  # two hours
 
 
-def next_launch_api_data(rocket_dir: str, limit: int = 200) -> StrDict:
+def next_launch_api_data(rocket_dir: str, limit: int = 200) -> StrDict | None:
     """Get the next upcoming launches from the API."""
     now = datetime.now()
     filename = os.path.join(rocket_dir, now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S.json"))
@@ -24,14 +24,19 @@ def next_launch_api_data(rocket_dir: str, limit: int = 200) -> StrDict:
 
     params: dict[str, str | int] = {"limit": limit}
     r = requests.get(url, params=params)
-    data: StrDict = r.json()
+    try:
+        data: StrDict = r.json()
+    except requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError:
+        return None
     open(filename, "w").write(r.text)
     return data
 
 
-def next_launch_api(rocket_dir: str, limit: int = 200) -> list[Launch]:
+def next_launch_api(rocket_dir: str, limit: int = 200) -> list[Launch] | None:
     """Get the next upcoming launches from the API."""
     data = next_launch_api_data(rocket_dir, limit)
+    if not data:
+        return None
     return [summarize_launch(launch) for launch in data["results"]]