From b17ee1288ca3b221b5baeb096d6f3b0de9d85809 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcel <marcel.paffrath@rub.de>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 11:57:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [minor] try re-read yaml in case it failed

---
 survBot.py | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/survBot.py b/survBot.py
index 17a8c83..ee4c211 100755
--- a/survBot.py
+++ b/survBot.py
@@ -36,9 +36,16 @@ CLR = "\x1B[0K"
 deg_str = '\N{DEGREE SIGN}C'
 
 
-def read_yaml(file_path):
-    with open(file_path, "r") as f:
-        return yaml.safe_load(f)
+def read_yaml(file_path, n_read=3):
+    for index in range(n_read):
+        try:
+            with open(file_path, "r") as f:
+                params = yaml.safe_load(f)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f'Could not read parameters file: {e}.\nWill try again {n_read - index - 1} time(s).')
+            time.sleep(10)
+            continue
+        return params
 
 
 def nsl_from_id(nwst_id):