From 4931c8ac94c8a5e3f050731d3691bcd220ef776c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stupidcomputer <ryan@beepboop.systems>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:04:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: ValueError on index page when no legislation

---
 franklincce/explorer/templates/explorer/index.html | 2 +-
 franklincce/explorer/views.py                      | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/franklincce/explorer/templates/explorer/index.html b/franklincce/explorer/templates/explorer/index.html
index e9222f4..268679e 100644
--- a/franklincce/explorer/templates/explorer/index.html
+++ b/franklincce/explorer/templates/explorer/index.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         {% endfor %}
         </ul>
     {% else %}
-        <p>No texts available</p>
+        <p>No texts available. If you're the admin, you need to add some texts with the admin interface.</p>
     {% endif %}
 
     <h2>About this instance</h2>
diff --git a/franklincce/explorer/views.py b/franklincce/explorer/views.py
index 1c64100..58b3875 100644
--- a/franklincce/explorer/views.py
+++ b/franklincce/explorer/views.py
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ from random import sample
 
 def index(request):
     legislative_texts = list(LegislativeText.objects.all())
-    legislative_texts = sample(legislative_texts, 5)
+    try:
+        legislative_texts = sample(legislative_texts, 5)
+    except ValueError:
+        # there's not enough texts, so just return nothing
+        legislative_texts = []
     context = {
         "legislative_texts": legislative_texts,
     }