the backtrace (simulated)

<type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>
Python 2.5: /usr/bin/python2.5
Sun Dec 14 15:58:45 2008

A problem occurred in a Python script.  Here is the sequence of
function calls leading up to the error, in the order they occurred.

 /home/kragen/devel/watchdog-git/import/parse/fec_crude_csv.py in <module>()
  535         destdir = sys.argv.pop(1)
  536         pattern = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else None
  537         stash_efilings(destdir=destdir, filepattern=pattern)
  538     else:
  539         # pprint is unacceptable --- it made the script run 40× slower.
stash_efilings = <function stash_efilings at 0xb7805534>
destdir = 'fucked-data'
filepattern undefined
pattern = 'sample-fec-data/tmp/*'

 /home/kragen/devel/watchdog-git/import/parse/fec_crude_csv.py in 
stash_efilings(destdir='fucked-data', filepattern='sample-fec-data/tmp/*', 
save_orig=False)
  504     if destdir is None: destdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
  505 
  506     for cover_record, records in parse_efilings(filepattern):
  507         report_id = cover_record['report_id']
  508         dirpath = os.path.join(destdir, report_id[-2:], report_id)
cover_record = {'address': '1736 East Sunshine, Suite 913  Springfield MO 65804   ', 
'committee': 'Rely On Your Beliefs Fund', 'filer_id': 'C00344648', 'format_version': 
'3.00', 'report_id': '39723', 'this_report_id': '39723', 'type': None}
records = <generator object at 0xb78227ec>
global parse_efilings = <function parse_efilings at 0xb78054c4>
filepattern = 'sample-fec-data/tmp/*'

 /home/kragen/devel/watchdog-git/import/parse/fec_crude_csv.py in 
parse_efilings(filepattern='sample-fec-data/tmp/*')
  488     for filename in glob.glob(filepattern):
  489         sys.stderr.write('parsing efilings file %s\n' % filename)
  490         for parsed_file in readfile_generic(filename):
  491             yield parsed_file
  492         now = time.time()
parsed_file = ({'address': '1736 East Sunshine, Suite 913  Springfield MO 65804   ', 
'committee': 'Rely On Your Beliefs Fund', 'filer_id': 'C00344648', 'format_version': 
'3.00', 'report_id': '39723', 'this_report_id': '39723', 'type': None}, <generator 
object at 0xb78227ec>)
global readfile_generic = <function readfile_generic at 0xb780548c>
filename = 'sample-fec-data/tmp/39775.fec'

 /home/kragen/devel/watchdog-git/import/parse/fec_crude_csv.py in 
readfile_generic(filename='sample-fec-data/tmp/39775.fec')
  479     else:
  480         _, basename = os.path.split(filename)
  481         return [read_filing(file(filename).read(), basename)]
  482 
  483 EFILINGS_PATH = '../data/crawl/fec/electronic/'
global read_filing = <function read_filing at 0xb780541c>
builtinfile = <type 'file'>
filename = 'sample-fec-data/tmp/39775.fec'
).read undefined
basename = '39775.fec'

 /home/kragen/devel/watchdog-git/import/parse/fec_crude_csv.py in 
read_filing(astring='HDR,FEC,3.00,Region\'s Own Software,2.00,,FEC-238..."Spencer 
Bachus","H","AL","6",,,,,,,,,N,YED0127 \n', filename='39775.fec')
  456     if header_record.get('report_id'):  # The field may be missing or empty.
  457         cover_record['report_id'] = \
  458             re.match('(?i)fec-\s*(\d+)$', header_record['report_id']).group(1)
  459     else:
  460         cover_record['report_id'] = cover_record['this_report_id']
global re = <module 're' from '/usr/lib/python2.5/re.pyc'>
re.match = <function match at 0xb7d24c6c>
header_record = {'ef_type': 'FEC', 'fec_ver': '3.00', 'name_delim': '^', 'record_type':
'HDR', 'report_id': 'FEC-23808 F3XN', 'rpt_number': '1', 'soft_name': "Region's Own 
Software", 'soft_ver': '2.00'}
).group undefined
<type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'

The above is a description of an error in a Python program.  Here is
the original traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "parse/fec_crude_csv.py", line 537, in <module>
    stash_efilings(destdir=destdir, filepattern=pattern)
  File "parse/fec_crude_csv.py", line 506, in stash_efilings
    for cover_record, records in parse_efilings(filepattern):
  File "parse/fec_crude_csv.py", line 490, in parse_efilings
    for parsed_file in readfile_generic(filename):
  File "parse/fec_crude_csv.py", line 481, in readfile_generic
    return [read_filing(file(filename).read(), basename)]
  File "parse/fec_crude_csv.py", line 458, in read_filing
    re.match('(?i)fec-\s*(\d+)$', header_record['report_id']).group(1)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'