fix observer notification error

[plstackapi.git] / planetstack / core / models / plcorebase.py

diff --git a/planetstack/core/models/plcorebase.py b/planetstack/core/models/plcorebase.py
index 8c5bddc..c6fc5be 100644 (file)
--- a/planetstack/core/models/plcorebase.py
+++ b/planetstack/core/models/plcorebase.py
@@ -1,15 +1,29 @@
+import datetime
 import os
 from django.db import models
 from django.forms.models import model_to_dict
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.forms.models import model_to_dict
-# This is a no-op if observer_disabled is set to 1 in the config file
-from observer import *
+
+try:
+    # This is a no-op if observer_disabled is set to 1 in the config file
+    from observer import *
+except:
+    print "import of observer failed! printing traceback and disabling observer:"
+    import traceback
+    traceback.print_exc()
+
+    # guard against something failing
+    def notify_observer(*args, **kwargs):
+        pass
 
 class PlCoreBase(models.Model):
 
-    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
-    updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
+    # default values for created and updated are only there to keep evolution
+    # from failing.
+
+    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, default=datetime.datetime.now())
+    updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, default=datetime.datetime.now())
     enacted = models.DateTimeField(null=True, default=None)
 
     class Meta: