Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

Python Practice Creating and Using Functions in Python Practice Functions Use an External Function

Anthony Costanza
Anthony Costanza
2,123 Points
Posted by Anthony Costanza
Anthony Costanza
2,123 Points

Come on man! What Am I doing wrong -

Come on man! What Am I doing wrong -

using_a_function.py 
"""
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?  ")
# Your code here

try:
    message

except
    print("Something went wrong")

4 Answers

Cody Hansen
Cody Hansen
5,517 Points
Cody Hansen
Cody Hansen
5,517 Points

From the look of this, is it the second part of the coding challenge you are having difficulty with? If so, it is only a few small things missing!

First, in your try block, you only have the variable for "message". On it's own, this can't do anything. The question wants to use the tweet() method on it!

tweet(message)

Second, your except is missing a : after it. However, question two is looking to cover the specific error CommunicationError. Just using "except" will work, but question three will ask you to just do specific anyway, so best prepare for it by looking for specifics now! The way to do that is by following "except" with the error you are looking for, such as CommunicationError. Then the : to start the except block.

I hope this helps!

Anthony Costanza
Anthony Costanza
2,123 Points
Anthony Costanza
Anthony Costanza
2,123 Points

so change tweet(message) to tweet() ?

Cody Hansen
Cody Hansen
5,517 Points

No, tweet() was referring to the method to use. tweet(message) is correct! You just currently have only "message".

Mel Rumsey
seal-mask
MOD
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree seal-36
Mel Rumsey
Treehouse Moderator
Mel Rumsey
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree seal-36
Mel Rumsey
Treehouse Moderator

Hi Anthony Costanza

Your current code:

try:
    message

except
    print("Something went wrong")

They are requesting that you call the tweet function and pass in the message variable. Which with your try block would look like:

try: 
    tweet(message)

except
    print("Something went wrong")

which will pass the first challenge.

The second part will have you create an exception for a specific error, but you are already almost there. :D Keep it up!

Anthony Costanza
Anthony Costanza
2,123 Points
Anthony Costanza
Anthony Costanza
2,123 Points

Not really getting this - not sure why - I got to this point in the course

Jessica Thomas
Jessica Thomas
11,902 Points
Jessica Thomas
Jessica Thomas
11,902 Points

try: tweet(message) except CommunicationError: print("An error occurred attempting to connect to Twitter. Please try again!")

in the except statement, you have to label the exception