From 218d22ed528da1bcc22b6971c4ff4f4ec847eae6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: av1nxsh <79896600+av1nxsh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 15:45:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] rest_client.py

updated for connection error case
---
 scripts/rest_client.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/rest_client.py b/scripts/rest_client.py
index 39da0a406..a7d7705fe 100755
--- a/scripts/rest_client.py
+++ b/scripts/rest_client.py
@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ class FtRestClient():
 
     def ping(self):
         """simple ping"""
-        if self.show_config()['state'] == "running":
+        if not self.show_config():
+            return {"status": "not_running"}
+        elif self.show_config()['state'] == "running":
             return {"status": "pong"}
         else:
             return {"status": "not_running"}