FIX:(#1694) Error occurs during refresh/add of series/arc if the series year on CV is in a XXXX- format to indicate a currently published series

mylar/cv.py

@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ def GetComicInfo(comicid, dom, safechk=None):
     except:
         comic['ComicYear'] = '0000'
 
+    #safety check, cause you known, dufus'...
+    if comic['ComicYear'][-1:] == '-':
+        comic['ComicYear'] = comic['ComicYear'][:-1]
+
     try:
         comic['ComicURL'] = dom.getElementsByTagName('site_detail_url')[trackcnt].firstChild.wholeText
     except:
@@ -300,6 +304,9 @@ def GetComicInfo(comicid, dom, safechk=None):
 
     try:
         comic['Aliases'] = dom.getElementsByTagName('aliases')[0].firstChild.wholeText
+        comic['Aliases'] = re.sub('\n', '##', comic['Aliases']).strip()
+        if comic['Aliases'][-2:] == '##':
+            comic['Aliases'] = comic['Aliases'][:-2]
         #logger.fdebug('Aliases: ' + str(aliases))
     except:
         comic['Aliases'] = 'None'
@@ -586,6 +593,10 @@ def GetSeriesYears(dom):
             logger.warn('There was a problem retrieving the start year for a particular series within the story arc.')
             tempseries['SeriesYear'] = '0000'
 
+        #cause you know, dufus'...
+        if tempseries['SeriesYear'][-1:] == '-':
+            tempseries['SeriesYear'] = tempseries['SeriesYear'][:-1]
+
         desdeck = 0
         tempseries['Volume'] = 'None'
 

mylar/importer.py

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def addComictoDB(comicid, mismatch=None, pullupd=None, imported=None, ogcname=No
 
     CV_NoYearGiven = "no"
     #if the SeriesYear returned by CV is blank or none (0000), let's use the gcd one.
-    if comic['ComicYear'] is None or comic['ComicYear'] == '0000':
+    if any([comic['ComicYear'] is None, comic['ComicYear'] == '0000', comic['ComicYear'][-1:] == '-']):
         if mylar.CV_ONLY:
             #we'll defer this until later when we grab all the issues and then figure it out
             logger.info('Uh-oh. I cannot find a Series Year for this series. I am going to try analyzing deeper.')