REST API exception handling with a loop and if statements - python-3.x

Question

I wish to use exception handling for a REST API within a loop. The if/else loop works without the exception handling but once I add try/except my loop breaks and only processes the first couple blocks.
The code below is my attempt at this. The if statement is needed for NONE response by the API while the exception handling is for API error responses.
result of successful API and Error API Call
Printed OUTPUT
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['#portland,oregon', 'Hamedan,Iran', '#United Arab Emirates', 'Irani, Brasil', 'NewYork', 'Kuwait']
THIS IS THE CURRENT URL: https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1/geocode?q=#portland,oregon&apikey=######
Dictionary Results: {'error': 'Unauthorized', 'error_description': 'No credentials found'}
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Error
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KeyError Traceback (most recent call last)
/var/folders/r5/kk4m049n3ts16vn25dwjnjxc0000gn/T/ipykernel_41052/796175789.py in <module>
27 print('Dictionary Results:',results)
28
---> 29 if results['items'] == []:
30 output = ('NULL','NULL','NULL','NULL',addresses[q])
31 #print('NULL OUTPUT:', output), '\n'
KeyError: 'items'
iter_len=len(addresses)
for q in range(iter_len):
geocode_url = "https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1/geocode?q{}".format(addresses[q])+ "&apikey=###"
try:
results = requests.get(geocode_url)
print('THIS IS THE CURRENT URL:', geocode_url), '\n'
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err:
repr(err)
else:
results = results.json()
print('DICTIONARY RESULTS:',results)
if results['items'] == []:
output = ('NULL','NULL','NULL','NULL',addresses[q])
append_list_as_row(output_filename, output)
continue
else:
output = (
results['items'][0]['position']['lat'],
results['items'][0]['position']['lng'],
results['items'][0]['address']['countryCode'],
results['items'][0]['address']['countryName'],
addresses[q]
)
print('GEOCODED LIST:', output), '\n'
append_list_as_row(output_filename, output)

Answer 1

This question was answered by #Nullman. An IF statement to check RESULTS for the variable 'items' followed by 'continue' in the first ELSE block. The snippet is shown below.
try:
results = requests.get(geocode_url)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException, err:
# print('THIS IS THE CURRENT URL:', geocode_url), '\n'
repr(err)
else:
results = results.json()
print ('Dictionary Results:', results)
if 'items' not in results:
continue