handle cases with no tweets found

backend_requests.py

@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ def searchban(screen_name):
     # print(replies.text)
     
     try:
+        foundTweet = False
         ghostban = True
         ghostTweetId = None
         ghostReplyId = None
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ def searchban(screen_name):
                         if "in_reply_to_status_id_str" in tmp:
                             reply = tmp
                             tweetId = reply["in_reply_to_status_id_str"]
+                            foundTweet = True
                             if ghostTweetId is None:
                                 ghostTweetId = tweetId
                                 ghostReplyId = reply["id_str"]
@@ -328,6 +330,7 @@ def searchban(screen_name):
                                                                     print("{} is reply deboosted because of {} => {}.".format(screen_name, tweetId, replyId))
                                                                     showmore = True
                                                                     break
+        if foundTweet:
             if ghostban:
                 print("{} is ghost banned.".format(screen_name))
                 returnjson["tests"]["ghost"] = {
@@ -336,6 +339,7 @@ def searchban(screen_name):
                     "in_reply_to": ghostReplyId
                 }
             if not showmore:
+                print("{} is not reply deboosted.".format(screen_name))
                 returnjson["tests"]["more_replies"] = {
                     "ban": False,
                     "in_reply_to": showmoreReplyId,
@@ -356,6 +360,10 @@ def searchban(screen_name):
                     "in_reply_to": showmoreReplyId,
                     "tweet": showmoreTweetId
                 }
+        else:
+            print("No replies found for {}.".format(screen_name))
+            returnjson["tests"]["ghost"] = {}
+            returnjson["tests"]["more_replies"] = {}
     except KeyError as e:
         print("Errored testing {}".format(screen_name))
         print(e)