From 6d90c8e0f9fe51c65011fd9ab57cb318f93ecaa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Dewey <wkdewey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:44:34 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] make sure webs_to_es fields can handle nil values

---
 lib/datura/to_es/webs_to_es/fields.rb | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/datura/to_es/webs_to_es/fields.rb b/lib/datura/to_es/webs_to_es/fields.rb
index 3163706be..ee7892fc4 100644
--- a/lib/datura/to_es/webs_to_es/fields.rb
+++ b/lib/datura/to_es/webs_to_es/fields.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ def data_type
   end
 
   def date(before=true)
-    datestr = get_list(@xpaths["date"]).first
+    if get_list(@xpaths["date"])
+      datestr = get_list(@xpaths["date"]).first
+    else
+      datestr = nil
+    end    
     if datestr
       Datura::Helpers.date_standardize(datestr, true)
     end
@@ -218,7 +222,9 @@ def works
   # new/moved fields for API 2.0
 
   def cover_image
-    get_list(@xpaths["image_id"]).first
+    if get_list(@xpaths["image_id"])
+      get_list(@xpaths["image_id"]).first
+    end
   end
 
   def date_updated