How to gracefully fail if API endpoint is not available

Hi,

New programmer so expect me to make mistakes.

I am running Django 2.2 in this app https://github.com/lhaig/usery

This application uses an API endpoint to function.

The home view connects to the API and prepares the data for interaction.

https://github.com/lhaig/usery/blob/master/portal/views.py

Using this module for authentication.

https://github.com/lhaig/usery/blob/master/modules/osauth.py

The problem I currently have is that if the API endpoint is not
available then the site crashes.

How do I check if the API is available and then display and error for
example "API endpoint unavailable check config or the API"

I was thinking of using a try catch scenario but I have had no luck.

Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I could do this?

Regards

Lance


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