--- a/bobi.py	Mon Mar 09 14:58:04 2020 +0000
+++ b/bobi.py	Mon Mar 09 16:45:20 2020 +0000
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/python
 from sys import stdin
-from urllib2 import Request,urlopen, HTTPError
+from urllib2 import Request,urlopen, HTTPError, URLError
 
 l=''
-year='2015'
+year='2016'
 uuns={}
 
 def cc(names):
@@ -52,19 +52,25 @@
   req='<app year="%s" uun="%s" type="PHD %s" surname="%s" forenames="%s" cat="%s" stat="%s" decision="%s" pgm="PhD ILCC" entry="%s" email="%s" country="%s" nationality="%s"/>'%(year,uun,ptype,surname,forenames,cat,stat,dec,entry,email,country,nat)
   #print req.encode('iso-8859-1')
   #continue
-  r=Request("http://localhost:8080/exist/apps/phd/new-app-maybe.xq",
+  r=Request("http://troutbeck.inf.ed.ac.uk:8080/exist/apps/phd/new-app-maybe.xq",
             req.encode('utf-8'),headers={'Content-Type':'application/xml;charset=UTF-8'})
   try:
     res=urlopen(r)
-  except HTTPError as err:
-    print "Error:",err.read()
-    print req
-    exit(1)
+    host="troutbeck.inf.ed.ac.uk"
+  except URLError as err1:
+    r=Request("http://localhost:8080/exist/apps/phd/new-app-maybe.xq",
+              req.encode('utf-8'),headers={'Content-Type':'application/xml;charset=UTF-8'})
+    try:
+      res=urlopen(r)
+      host="localhost"
+    except URLError as err:
+      print "Failed, no way to database server:",err1.read(),err.read()
+      exit(1)
   res=res.read()
   print ptype,res
   if (not oldf) and res.find("<div>We already")==0:
     req='<update year="%s" uun="%s" nationality="%s"/>'%(year,uun,nat)
-    r=Request("http://localhost:8080/exist/apps/phd/updateApp.xq",
+    r=Request("http://%s:8080/exist/apps/phd/updateApp.xq"%host,
               req.encode('utf-8'),headers={'Content-Type':'application/xml;charset=UTF-8'})
     try:
       res=urlopen(r)