Update app.py

app.py

@@ -28,13 +28,17 @@ def get_alternate_text(text, language):
     }
     response = requests.post(ENDPOINT, data=json.dumps(payload), headers=headers)
     resp_text = None
-    while resp_text is None:
+    retries = 0
+    while resp_text is None and retries < 5:
         try:
             resp_text = response.json().get('choices')[0]['message']['content'].strip("\n").replace('"', "")
         except Exception as e:
             print(e)
             response = requests.post(ENDPOINT, data=json.dumps(payload), headers=headers)
+            retries += 1
             continue
+    if retries >= 5:
+        return "Error. Please refresh and try", None
     texts = list(filter(lambda x: len(x.strip()) > 0, resp_text.split("\n")))
     counts = list(map(lambda x: len(x.split()), texts))
     return len(text.split()), {"data": list(zip(texts, counts)), "headers": ["Alternatives", "Word Count"]}