Function web_address_navigator

instapy/util.py:1291–1331

Checks and compares current URL of web page and the URL to be navigated and if it is different, it does navigate

(browser, link)

def web_address_navigator(browser, link):
    """Checks and compares current URL of web page and the URL to be
    navigated and if it is different, it does navigate"""
    current_url = get_current_url(browser)
    total_timeouts = 0
    page_type = None  # file or directory

    # remove slashes at the end to compare efficiently
    if current_url is not None and current_url.endswith("/"):
        current_url = current_url[:-1]

    if link.endswith("/"):
        link = link[:-1]
        page_type = "dir"  # slash at the end is a directory

    new_navigation = current_url != link

    if current_url is None or new_navigation:
        link = link + "/" if page_type == "dir" else link  # directory links
        # navigate faster

        while True:
            try:
                browser.get(link)
                # update server calls
                update_activity(browser, state=None)
                sleep(2)
                break

            except TimeoutException as exc:
                if total_timeouts >= 7:
                    raise TimeoutException(
                        "Retried {} times to GET '{}' webpage "
                        "but failed out of a timeout!\n\t{}".format(
                            total_timeouts,
                            str(link).encode("utf-8"),
                            str(exc).encode("utf-8"),
                        )
                    )
                total_timeouts += 1
                sleep(2)


@contextmanager