From 6a30b04694efff11fc33154a3c16415620dfa003 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russell Jarvis <russelljarvis@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 12:34:38 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] update app

---
 app.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 369d0ae..73edbf3 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def check_cache(author_name: str, verbose=0):
     #flag = False
     if not flag:
         try:
-            ar = call_from_front_end(author_name, tns=30, fast=True)
+            ar = call_from_front_end(author_name, tns=6, fast=True)
 
             scraped_labels, author_score = frame_to_lists(ar)
 
@@ -172,8 +172,9 @@ def check_cache(author_name: str, verbose=0):
         except:
             aliases = semantic_scholar_alias(author_name)
             st.warning("Name as typed not found in semantic scholar API, so checking dissemin...")
-            if len(aliases):
-                st.markdown("Try one of these alternative name phrasings: {0}".format(aliases))
+            if type(aliases) is not None:
+                if len(aliases):
+                    st.markdown("Try one of these alternative name phrasings: {0}".format(aliases))
 
             try:
                 ar = call_from_front_end(author_name, tns=30, fast=False)
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