From 9604d0ba468298fe5db0a8a097cd2aa91a4d32b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Van Horn <mvanhorn@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:50:05 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add error handling for X/xAI API calls

- Wrap xAI search in try/except like Reddit
- Show error message but continue with Reddit results
- Parse function checks for API errors before processing

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 scripts/last30days.py | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 scripts/lib/xai_x.py  |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/last30days.py b/scripts/last30days.py
index bc3ddc9..ceae026 100644
--- a/scripts/last30days.py
+++ b/scripts/last30days.py
@@ -133,14 +133,25 @@ def run_research(
         if mock:
             raw_xai = load_fixture("xai_sample.json")
         else:
-            raw_xai = xai_x.search_x(
-                config["XAI_API_KEY"],
-                selected_models["xai"],
-                topic,
-                from_date,
-                to_date,
-                depth=depth,
-            )
+            try:
+                raw_xai = xai_x.search_x(
+                    config["XAI_API_KEY"],
+                    selected_models["xai"],
+                    topic,
+                    from_date,
+                    to_date,
+                    depth=depth,
+                )
+            except http.HTTPError as e:
+                if progress:
+                    progress.show_error(f"X API failed: {e}")
+                raw_xai = {"error": str(e)}
+                x_error = f"API error: {e}"
+            except Exception as e:
+                if progress:
+                    progress.show_error(f"X error: {e}")
+                raw_xai = {"error": str(e)}
+                x_error = f"{type(e).__name__}: {e}"
 
         # Parse response
         x_items = xai_x.parse_x_response(raw_xai)
diff --git a/scripts/lib/xai_x.py b/scripts/lib/xai_x.py
index a0e9dd2..2a0fe25 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/xai_x.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/xai_x.py
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ def parse_x_response(response: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
     """
     items = []
 
+    # Check for API errors first
+    if "error" in response and response["error"]:
+        error = response["error"]
+        err_msg = error.get("message", str(error)) if isinstance(error, dict) else str(error)
+        print(f"[X ERROR] xAI API error: {err_msg}", flush=True)
+        return items
+
     # Try to find the output text
     output_text = ""
     if "output" in response: