From 95c6f136a7f30f218d6339eefaa311c508d2ae18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: philip <philip.k@cottagelabs.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:33:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] avoid exception if index not found  DOAJ/doajPM#4031

---
 portality/dao.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/portality/dao.py b/portality/dao.py
index d234463df..948f136f2 100644
--- a/portality/dao.py
+++ b/portality/dao.py
@@ -1090,8 +1090,9 @@ def _yield_index_alias():
 def is_exist(query: dict, index):
     query['size'] = 1
     query['_source'] = False
-    res = ES.search(body=query, index=index, size=1)
-    return res['hits']['total']['value'] > 0
+    res = ES.search(body=query, index=index, size=1, ignore=[404])
+
+    return res.get('hits', {}).get('total',{}).get('value', 0) > 0
 
 
 class BlockTimeOutException(Exception):