From 7ed9411c7476f28e41128a7f5beab09e3049c375 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carlos Lopez <carl.lopez@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 11:29:24 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Handling unavailability of ldap connection

---
 crc/models/approval.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crc/models/approval.py b/crc/models/approval.py
index d5fc334d..90fa14e2 100644
--- a/crc/models/approval.py
+++ b/crc/models/approval.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import marshmallow
 from marshmallow import INCLUDE
 from sqlalchemy import func
 
+from ldap3.core.exceptions import LDAPSocketOpenError
+
 from crc import db, ma
 from crc.api.common import ApiError
 from crc.models.file import FileModel
@@ -69,10 +71,10 @@ class Approval(object):
         if model.study:
             instance.title = model.study.title
 
-        ldap_service = LdapService()
         try:
+            ldap_service = LdapService()
             user_info = ldap_service.user_info(model.approver_uid)
-        except ApiError:
+        except (ApiError, LDAPSocketOpenError) as exception:
             user_info = None
 
         if user_info: