simplify exception handling

slog.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ now = datetime.datetime.now()
 day = now.strftime('%F')
 the_time = now.strftime('%H:%M')
 
-url = 'https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/api/stats.json'
+url = 'https://solar.lowechmagazine.com/api/stats.json'
 
 if not os.path.exists('stats.db'):
     db = sqlite3.connect('stats.db')
@@ -18,14 +18,16 @@ else:
     db = sqlite3.connect('stats.db')
     c = db.cursor()
 
+try:
     r = requests.get(url)
+    r.raise_for_status() # in case of 404
+    if r.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
+        data = r.text
+        error = None
 
-if not r.status_code == 200:
-    error = r.status_code
+except Exception as e:
+    error = str(e)
     data = None
-else:
-    error = None
-    data = r.text
 
 c.execute("""INSERT INTO stats VALUES(?,?,?,?)""", (day, the_time, error, data))