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Angela Anders
1,844 PointsChallenge Task 2
Please help me figure out what I'm doing wrong. Thanks in advance.
"""
This is importing a function named `tweet` from a file
that we unfortunately don't have access to change.
You use it like so:
>>> tweet("Hello this is my tweet")
If the function cannot connect to Twitter,
the function will raise a `CommunicationError`
If the message is too long,
the function will raise a `MessageTooLongError`
"""
from twitter import (
tweet,
MessageTooLongError,
CommunicationError,
)
message = input("What would you like to tweet? ")
try:
tweet(message):
except CommunicationError:
print("An error occurred attempting to connect to Twitter. Please try again!")
# Your code here
2 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsYou're doing great! There seems to be an extra colon (:) at the end of line 23. The traceback in the right window gives you a hint on the error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 37, in test_function_code
File "/usr/local/pyenv/versions/3.6.4/lib/python3.6/ast.py", line 35, in parse
return compile(source, filename, mode, PyCF_ONLY_AST)
File "", line 23
tweet(message):
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!
diwindy
1,589 PointsThe only thing missing is this:
except CommunicationError as err:
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsThe “as err” is not needed in this case since erris not referenced within theexcept` A code block.