youtube_metadata: check for response

processors/metrics/youtube_metadata.py

@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ def request_youtube_api(self, ids, custom_key=None, object_type="video"):
 				time.sleep(self.sleep_time) # Wait a bit before trying again
 				pass
 
+			response = None
 			while retries < self.max_retries:
 				try:
 					if object_type == "video":
@@ -484,17 +485,17 @@ def request_youtube_api(self, ids, custom_key=None, object_type="video"):
 					time.sleep(self.sleep_time) # Wait a bit before trying again
 					pass
 
-			# Do nothing with the results if the requests failed
-			if retries > self.max_retries:
+			# Do nothing with the results if the requests failed after retries
+			if retries >= self.max_retries:
+				self.dataset.update_status("Failed to get metadata from " + str(ids_string) + " after " + str(retries) + " retries.")
 				if self.api_limit_reached == True:
 					self.dataset.update_status("Daily YouTube API requests exceeded.")
 
 				return results
 
-			else:
-
+			elif response is not None:
 				# Sometimes there's no results,
-				# and "respoonse" won't have an item key.
+				# and "response" won't have an item key.
 				if "items" not in response:
 					continue