Stop emailing me about Planet of the Monsters.

This is a temporary workaround. We probably want a more permanent
placeholder anime graphic.

nkdsu/apps/vote/placeholder_avatars.py

@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 from .voter import Voter
 
 
-__all__ = ['placeholder_avatar_for']
+__all__ = ['placeholder_art_for', 'placeholder_avatar_for']
+
+
+def placeholder_art_for(string: str) -> str:
+    hashed: int = crc32(string.encode())
+    return _static_path_from_filename(AVATAR_FILENAMES[hashed % len(AVATAR_FILENAMES)])
 
 
 def placeholder_avatar_for(voter: Voter) -> str:

nkdsu/apps/vote/views/__init__.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from django.forms import BaseForm
 from django.http import Http404, HttpRequest, HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
+from django.templatetags.static import static
 from django.urls import reverse, reverse_lazy
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.dateparse import parse_duration
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
     TemplateView,
     UpdateView,
 )
+from requests.exceptions import RequestException
 
 from nkdsu.mixins import MarkdownView
 from ..anime import get_anime, suggest_anime
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@
     TwitterUser,
     Vote,
 )
+from ..placeholder_avatars import placeholder_art_for
 from ..templatetags.vote_tags import eligible_for
 from ..utils import BrowsableItem, BrowsableYear, vote_edit_cutoff
 from ..voter import Voter
@@ -554,7 +557,11 @@ def get(self, request: HttpRequest, *args, **kwargs) -> HttpResponse:
         if anime_data is None:
             raise Http404()
         if not anime_data.picture_is_cached():
-            anime_data.cache_picture()
+            try:
+                anime_data.cache_picture()
+            except RequestException:
+                return redirect(static(placeholder_art_for(anime_data.picture)))
+
         return redirect(anime_data.cached_picture_url())