avoid trapping errors on client

lbry/lbry/wallet/manager.py

@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ class LbryWalletManager(BaseWalletManager):
         if not tx:
             try:
                 raw = await self.ledger.network.get_transaction(txid)
-                if not raw:
-                    return {'success': False, 'code': 404, 'message': 'transaction not found'}
                 height = await self.ledger.network.get_transaction_height(txid)
             except CodeMessageError as e:
+                if 'No such mempool or blockchain transaction.' in e.message:
+                    return {'success': False, 'code': 404, 'message': 'transaction not found'}
                 return {'success': False, 'code': e.code, 'message': e.message}
             tx = self.ledger.transaction_class(unhexlify(raw))
             await self.ledger.maybe_verify_transaction(tx, height)

torba/tests/client_tests/integration/test_transactions.py

@@ -175,5 +175,3 @@ class BasicTransactionTests(IntegrationTestCase):
         self.assertTrue(await self.ledger.update_history(address, remote_status))
         self.assertEqual(21, len((await self.ledger.get_local_status_and_history(address))[1]))
         self.assertEqual(0, len(self.ledger._known_addresses_out_of_sync))
-        # should be another test, but it would be too much to setup just for that and it affects sync
-        self.assertIsNone(await self.ledger.network.retriable_call(self.ledger.network.get_transaction, '1'*64))

torba/torba/client/baseledger.py

@@ -550,13 +550,9 @@ class BaseLedger(metaclass=LedgerRegistry):
             if tx is None:
                 # fetch from network
                 _raw = await self.network.retriable_call(self.network.get_transaction, txid, remote_height)
-                if _raw:
                 tx = self.transaction_class(unhexlify(_raw))
                 cache_item.tx = tx  # make sure it's saved before caching it
 
-            if tx is None:
-                raise ValueError(f'Transaction {txid} was not in database and not on network.')
-
             await self.maybe_verify_transaction(tx, remote_height)
             return tx
 

torba/torba/client/basenetwork.py

@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ class ClientSession(BaseClientSession):
             log.debug("got reply for %s from %s:%i", method, *self.server)
             return reply
         except (RPCError, ProtocolError) as e:
-            if str(e).find('.*no such .*transaction.*'):
-                # shouldn't the server return none instead?
-                return None
             log.warning("Wallet server (%s:%i) returned an error. Code: %s Message: %s",
                         *self.server, *e.args)
             raise e