Merge pull request #561 from MITLibraries/bugfix

Handle no 008 field error
MITLibraries · Jul 15, 2021 · 4831ec9 · 4831ec9
2 parents 3bbf9b7 + 9883a88
commit 4831ec9
Showing 1 changed file with 7 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/pkg/generator/marc.go b/pkg/generator/marc.go
@@ -127,9 +127,13 @@ func marcToRecord(fmlRecord fml.Record, rules []*record.Rule, languageCodes map[
 		return r, err
 	}
 
-	zeroZeroEight := fmlRecord.Filter("008")[0][0]
-	if zeroZeroEight != "" && len(zeroZeroEight) != 40 {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("Record %s has illegal 008 field length of %d characters: '%s'", r.Identifier, len(zeroZeroEight), zeroZeroEight)
+	zeroZeroEight := fmlRecord.Filter("008")
+	if len(zeroZeroEight) == 0 {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Record %s has no 008 field", r.Identifier)
+		return r, err
+	}
+	if zeroZeroEight[0][0] != "" && len(zeroZeroEight[0][0]) != 40 {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Record %s has illegal 008 field length of %d characters: '%s'", r.Identifier, len(zeroZeroEight[0][0]), zeroZeroEight[0][0])
 		return r, err
 	}