From 5b57353c5325a2677fef07630d2576a01641787a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zsloan
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 11:19:21 -0500
Subject: Fixed issue with global search when description field is empty

---
 wqflask/wqflask/gsearch.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'wqflask')

diff --git a/wqflask/wqflask/gsearch.py b/wqflask/wqflask/gsearch.py
index 3d9b508a..04e3d578 100644
--- a/wqflask/wqflask/gsearch.py
+++ b/wqflask/wqflask/gsearch.py
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ class GSearch(object):
                     this_trait['group'] = line[1]
                     this_trait['tissue'] = line[2]
                     this_trait['symbol'] = line[6]
-                    this_trait['description'] = line[7].decode('utf-8', 'replace')
+                    if line[7]:
+                        this_trait['description'] = line[7].decode('utf-8', 'replace')
+                    else:
+                        this_trait['description'] = "N/A"
                     this_trait['location_repr'] = 'N/A'
                     if (line[8] != "NULL" and line[8] != "") and (line[9] != 0):
                         this_trait['location_repr'] = 'Chr%s: %.6f' % (line[8], float(line[9]))
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