Improve some error handling of http requests.

Provide more helpful error messages.
Some visual fixes.

data/interfaces/default/current_activity.html

@@ -95,5 +95,5 @@
         <div class="muted">Nothing is currently being watched.</div><br>
     % endif
 % else:
-    <div class="muted">There was an error communicating with your Plex Server. Please check your settings.</div><br>
+    <div class="muted">There was an error communicating with your Plex Server. Please check your <a href="config">settings</a>.</div><br>
 % endif

data/interfaces/default/history.html

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     			"language": {
     				"search": "Search: ",
                     "lengthMenu":"Show _MENU_ entries per page",
-    				"info":"Showing _START_ to _END_ of _TOTAL_ entries",
+    				"info":"Showing _START_ to _END_ of _TOTAL_ history items",
     				"infoEmpty":"Showing 0 to 0 of 0 entries",
     				"infoFiltered":"(filtered from _MAX_ total entries)",
     				"emptyTable": "No data in table",

data/interfaces/default/index.html

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
                     </div>
                 </div>
                 <div id="currentActivity">
-                    <div class="muted">Checking for activity...</div><br>
+                    <div class="muted"><i class="fa fa-refresh fa-spin"></i> Checking for activity...</div><br>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
                     <h3>Recently Added</h3>
                 </div>
             </div>
-            <div id='recentlyAdded'><div id='recently-added-spinner' class='spinner'></div></div>
+            <div id='recentlyAdded'>
+                <div class='muted'><i class="fa fa-refresh fa-spin"></i> Looking for new items...</div><br>
+            </div>
         </div>
     </div>
     <footer></footer>

data/interfaces/default/logs.html

@@ -80,9 +80,8 @@
                 },
                 "sPaginationType": "bootstrap",
                 "order": [ 0, 'desc'],
-                "pageLength": 25,
+                "pageLength": 10,
                 "stateSave": true,
-                "autoWidth": true,
                 "language": {
                             "search":"Search: ",
         					"lengthMenu":"Show _MENU_ lines per page",
@@ -91,9 +90,17 @@
         					"infoEmpty":"Showing 0 to 0 of 0 lines",
         					"infoFiltered":"(filtered from _MAX_ total lines)"},
                 "columnDefs": [
+                    {
+                        "targets": [0],
+                        "width": "15%"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "targets": [1],
+                        "width": "10%"
+                    },
                     {
                         "targets": [2],
-                        "width": "70%"
+                        "width": "75%"
                     }
                 ],
                 "drawCallback": function (settings) {

data/interfaces/default/recently_added.html

@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@
         </ul>
     </div>
 % else:
-    <h4>No recently added items.</h4>
+    <div class="muted">There was an error communicating with your Plex Server. Please check your <a href="config">settings</a>.</div><br>
 % endif

data/interfaces/default/users.html

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
                 "language": {
                     "search": "Search: ",
                     "lengthMenu":"Show _MENU_ entries per page",
-                    "info":"Showing _START_ to _END_ of _TOTAL_ entries",
+                    "info":"Showing _START_ to _END_ of _TOTAL_ active users",
                     "infoEmpty":"Showing 0 to 0 of 0 entries",
                     "infoFiltered":"(filtered from _MAX_ total entries)",
                     "emptyTable": "No data in table",

plexpy/pmsconnect.py

@@ -65,17 +65,25 @@ class PmsConnect(object):
         url_command = '/status/sessions'
         http_handler = HTTPConnection(self.host, self.port, timeout=10)
 
-        http_handler.request("GET", url_command + '?X-Plex-Token=' + self.token)
+        try:
-        response = http_handler.getresponse()
+            http_handler.request("GET", url_command + '?X-Plex-Token=' + self.token)
-        request_status = response.status
+            response = http_handler.getresponse()
-        request_content = response.read()
+            request_status = response.status
+            request_content = response.read()
+        except IOError, e:
+            logger.warn(u"Failed to access sessions. %s" % e)
+            return None
 
-        if output_format == 'dict':
+        if request_status == 200:
-            output = helpers.convert_xml_to_dict(request_content)
+            if output_format == 'dict':
-        elif output_format == 'json':
+                output = helpers.convert_xml_to_dict(request_content)
-            output = helpers.convert_xml_to_json(request_content)
+            elif output_format == 'json':
+                output = helpers.convert_xml_to_json(request_content)
+            else:
+                output = request_content
         else:
-            output = request_content
+            logger.warn(u"Failed to access sessions. Status code %r" % request_status)
+            return None
 
         return output
 
@@ -91,17 +99,25 @@ class PmsConnect(object):
         url_command = '/library/metadata/' + rating_key
         http_handler = HTTPConnection(self.host, self.port, timeout=10)
 
-        http_handler.request("GET", url_command + '?X-Plex-Token=' + self.token)
+        try:
-        response = http_handler.getresponse()
+            http_handler.request("GET", url_command + '?X-Plex-Token=' + self.token)
-        request_status = response.status
+            response = http_handler.getresponse()
-        request_content = response.read()
+            request_status = response.status
+            request_content = response.read()
+        except IOError, e:
+            logger.warn(u"Failed to access metadata. %s" % e)
+            return None
 
-        if output_format == 'dict':
+        if request_status == 200:
-            output = helpers.convert_xml_to_dict(request_content)
+            if output_format == 'dict':
-        elif output_format == 'json':
+                output = helpers.convert_xml_to_dict(request_content)
-            output = helpers.convert_xml_to_json(request_content)
+            elif output_format == 'json':
+                output = helpers.convert_xml_to_json(request_content)
+            else:
+                output = request_content
         else:
-            output = request_content
+            logger.warn(u"Failed to access metadata. Status code %r" % request_status)
+            return None
 
         return output
 
@@ -117,17 +133,25 @@ class PmsConnect(object):
         url_command = '/library/recentlyAdded?X-Plex-Container-Start=0&X-Plex-Container-Size=' + count
         http_handler = HTTPConnection(self.host, self.port, timeout=10)
 
-        http_handler.request("GET", url_command + '&X-Plex-Token=' + self.token)
+        try:
-        response = http_handler.getresponse()
+            http_handler.request("GET", url_command + '&X-Plex-Token=' + self.token)
-        request_status = response.status
+            response = http_handler.getresponse()
-        request_content = response.read()
+            request_status = response.status
+            request_content = response.read()
+        except IOError, e:
+            logger.warn(u"Failed to access recently added items. %s" % e)
+            return None
 
-        if output_format == 'dict':
+        if request_status == 200:
-            output = helpers.convert_xml_to_dict(request_content)
+            if output_format == 'dict':
-        elif output_format == 'json':
+                output = helpers.convert_xml_to_dict(request_content)
-            output = helpers.convert_xml_to_json(request_content)
+            elif output_format == 'json':
+                output = helpers.convert_xml_to_json(request_content)
+            else:
+                output = request_content
         else:
-            output = request_content
+            logger.warn(u"Failed to access recently added. Status code %r" % request_status)
+            return None
 
         return output
 
@@ -546,7 +570,6 @@ class PmsConnect(object):
                 request_status = response.status
                 request_content = response.read()
                 request_content_type = response.getheader('content-type')
-                logger.debug(u"Content type: %r" % request_content_type)
             except IOError, e:
                 logger.warn(u"Failed to retrieve image. %s" % e)
                 return None

plexpy/webserve.py

@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ class WebInterface(object):
             try:
                 pms_connect = pmsconnect.PmsConnect()
                 result = pms_connect.get_image(img, width, height)
-                logger.info('Image proxy queried. Content type is %s' % result[0])
+                logger.debug(u'Image proxy queried. Content type is %s' % result[0])
                 cherrypy.response.headers['Content-type'] = result[0]
                 return result[1]
             except: