added a retry mechanic to PostJsonHelper to avoid 400 error issues

Author: zeryx

Algorithmia/algorithm.py

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def publish(self, details={}, settings={}, version_info={}, source={}, scmsCrede
         url = "/v1/algorithms/" + self.username + "/" + self.algoname + "/versions"
         publish_parameters = {"details": details, "settings": settings,
                               "version_info": version_info, "source": source, "scmsCredentials": scmsCredentials}
-        api_response = self.client.postJsonHelper(url, publish_parameters, parse_response_as_json=True)
+        api_response = self.client.postJsonHelper(url, publish_parameters, parse_response_as_json=True, retry=True)
         return api_response
 
     def get_builds(self, limit=56, marker=None):
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def versions(self, limit=None, marker=None, published=None, callable=None):
     def compile(self):
         # Compile algorithm
         url = '/v1/algorithms/' + self.username + '/' + self.algoname + '/compile'
-        response = self.client.postJsonHelper(url, {}, parse_response_as_json=True)
+        response = self.client.postJsonHelper(url, {}, parse_response_as_json=True, retry=True)
         return response
 
     # Pipe an input into this algorithm

Algorithmia/client.py

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 from time import time
 
 
-
 class Client(object):
     'Algorithmia Common Library'
 
@@ -231,7 +230,7 @@ def report_insights(self, insights):
         return Insights(insights)
 
     # Used internally to post json to the api and parse json response
-    def postJsonHelper(self, url, input_object, parse_response_as_json=True, **query_parameters):
+    def postJsonHelper(self, url, input_object, parse_response_as_json=True, retry=False, **query_parameters):
         headers = {}
         if self.apiKey is not None:
             headers['Authorization'] = self.apiKey
@@ -263,6 +262,8 @@ def postJsonHelper(self, url, input_object, parse_response_as_json=True, **query
                     return response
             else:
                 return response
+        elif retry:
+            return self.postJsonHelper(url, input_object, parse_response_as_json, False, **query_parameters)
         else:
             raise raiseAlgoApiError(response)
 
@@ -293,7 +294,6 @@ def getJsonHelper(self, url, **query_parameters):
                 response = response.json()
             raise raiseAlgoApiError(response)
 
-
     def getStreamHelper(self, url, **query_parameters):
         headers = {}
         if self.apiKey is not None: