throwing update function into infinite loop with super rough exception logging

mta_manager/mta.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class MTA(object):
 
     def start_updates(self):
         print("starting updates")
+        raise Exception("Testing failure case")
         loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
         asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
         loop.run_until_complete(self._get_updates())

server.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+import logging
 import os
 import threading
 
 from flask import Flask, jsonify, render_template, request, abort
 from mta_manager import MTA
-from pprint import pprint
 import pandas as pd
 
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
@@ -63,11 +63,8 @@ def get_routes():
 
 @app.route("/get_stop_id", methods=["POST"])
 def get_stop_id():
-    print(request.json)
     stop_name = request.json["stop_name"]
-    print(stop_name)
     rows = stops.loc[stops["stop_name"] == stop_name]
-    print(rows)
     return jsonify({"station_changed": True})
 
 
@@ -98,7 +95,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     def start_mta():
         mtaController.add_callback(mta_callback)
+        while True:
+            try:
                 mtaController.start_updates()
+            except Exception as e:
+                logging.info(f"Exception found in update function - {e}")s
 
 
     threadLock = threading.Lock()