fix: ValueError on index page when no legislation

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>

franklincce/explorer/views.py

@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ from random import sample
 
 def index(request):
     legislative_texts = list(LegislativeText.objects.all())
+    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,
     }