improved error handling in pulse to timestamp

src/cristallina/utils.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 
 import requests
 import datetime
+from json import JSONDecodeError
 
 import logging
 
@@ -675,9 +676,10 @@ def pulseid_to_timestamp(pulse_id):
     r = requests.get(f"https://data-api.psi.ch/api/4/map/pulse/sf-databuffer/{pulse_id}")
     try:
         ns_timestamp = r.json()
-    except JSONDecodeError as e:
-        raise ValueError(f"Cannot convert pulse id {pulse_id} to timestamp.")
+        timestamp = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ns_timestamp/1E9)
+    except (JSONDecodeError, TypeError) as e:
+        raise ValueError(f"Cannot convert pulse id {pulse_id} to timestamp. Cause: {e}")
     
-    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ns_timestamp/1E9)
+    return timestamp