From 2c5b79f79ca39609efcc2df4075478a68492ba7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 08:02:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] News download: Don't fail if the cover url is invalid

---
 src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
index 7c361953b1..dfcadf03ed 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/news.py
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ class BasicNewsRecipe(Recipe):
 
         return index
 
-    def download_cover(self):
+    def _download_cover(self):
         self.cover_path = None
         try:
             cu = self.get_cover_url()
@@ -839,6 +839,14 @@ class BasicNewsRecipe(Recipe):
                         f.write(mi.cover_data[1])
             self.cover_path = cpath
 
+    def download_cover(self):
+        try:
+            self._download_cover()
+        except:
+            self.log.exception('Failed to download cover')
+            self.cover_path = None
+
+
 
     def default_cover(self, cover_file):
         '''