From 808c7bc0a94ecfd160ee2b257e5feec347829a5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelly Brazil <kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:14:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] make xmltodict library optional

---
 jc/parsers/xml.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jc/parsers/xml.py b/jc/parsers/xml.py
index b69a03eb..0484d7eb 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/xml.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/xml.py
@@ -59,12 +59,18 @@ Examples:
       ...
     }
 """
+import sys
 import jc.utils
-import xmltodict
+# check if xml library is installed and fail gracefully if it is not
+try:
+    import xmltodict
+except Exception:
+    jc.utils.error_message('The xmltodict library is not installed.')
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 
 class info():
-    version = '1.2'
+    version = '1.3'
     description = 'XML file parser'
     author = 'Kelly Brazil'
     author_email = 'kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com'