Workaround for MessageSender Error

data-hub/semantic-linking-microservice/app/messaging/MessageHandler.py

@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ class MessageHandler:
             traces = response.json()
             self._processor.process(traces)
         else:
-            LOGGER.error(f"Could not retrieve JSON from {url} with GET request")
+            LOGGER.error(f"Could not retrieve JSON from {url} with GET request ({response.status_code})")

rest-gateway/app/rest/blockchain_trace.py

@@ -2,16 +2,22 @@ from flask import request, Response
 from messaging.MessageSender import MessageSender
 import json
 
-message_sender = MessageSender()
-message_sender.connect()
-message_sender.create_exchange('inhub', 'direct')
 
 def receive():
     body = request.json
     
     if isBlockchainTraceValid(body):
+        
+        # TODO remove workaround
+        message_sender = MessageSender()
+        message_sender.connect()
+        message_sender.create_exchange('inhub', 'direct')
+
         message = {'type': 'blockchain-transaction', 'content': body}
         message_sender.send('inhub', json.dumps(message), 'trace-retrieval')
+
+        message_sender.disconnect()
+
         return Response(status=201)
         
     return Response(status=400)