catch IndexErrors to fix HermanCain bug; there is a work with zero editions

api/views.py

@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ class ApiHelpView(TemplateView):
         campaigns = models.Campaign.objects.all()
         if len(campaigns):
             c = campaigns[0]
-            isbn = c.work.editions.all()[0].isbn_13
+            try:
+                isbn = c.work.editions.all()[0].isbn_13
+            except IndexError:
+                isbn = ''
             context["campaign"] = campaigns[0]
             context["campaign_isbn"] = isbn
 

core/models.py

@@ -224,7 +224,10 @@ class Work(models.Model):
     @property
     def googlebooks_id(self):
         # may want to denormalize this at some point to avoid an extra query
-        return self.editions.all()[0].googlebooks_id
+        try:
+        	return self.editions.all()[0].googlebooks_id
+        except IndexError:
+        	return ''
 
     @property
     def googlebooks_url(self):
@@ -248,10 +251,16 @@ class Work(models.Model):
         return "http://openlibrary.org" + self.openlibrary_id
 
     def cover_image_small(self):
-        return self.editions.all()[0].cover_image_small()
+        try:
+        	return self.editions.all()[0].cover_image_small()
+        except IndexError:
+        	return "/static/images/generic_cover_larger.png"
 
     def cover_image_thumbnail(self):
-        return self.editions.all()[0].cover_image_thumbnail()
+        try:
+        	return self.editions.all()[0].cover_image_thumbnail()
+        except IndexError:
+        	return "/static/images/generic_cover_larger.png"
         
     def author(self):
         authors = list(Author.objects.filter(editions__work=self).all())

frontend/views.py

@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ def work(request, work_id, action='display'):
     work = get_object_or_404(models.Work, id=work_id)
     editions = work.editions.all().order_by('-publication_date')
     campaign = work.last_campaign()
-    pubdate = work.editions.all()[0].publication_date[:4]
+    try:
-
+        pubdate = work.editions.all()[0].publication_date[:4]
+    except IndexError:
+        pubdate = 'unknown'
     if not request.user.is_anonymous():
         claimform = UserClaimForm( request.user, data={'work':work_id, 'user': request.user.id})
     else: