Fail to find a zipcode give a city and state

[huangming6220]

Describe the problem

Plymouth Minnesota
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\m184194\Documents\Mayo\Projects\Patten_Facebook\scripts\facebook-friends-map\test.py", line 14, in
get_zipcode(current_city)
File "C:\Users\m184194\Documents\Mayo\Projects\Patten_Facebook\scripts\facebook-friends-map\test.py", line 9, in get_zipcode
zipcodes = engine.by_city_and_state(city=city, state=state)
File "C:\Users\m184194\Anaconda3\envs\social_media\lib\site-packages\uszipcode\search.py", line 802, in by_city_and_state
return self.query(
File "C:\Users\m184194\Anaconda3\envs\social_media\lib\site-packages\uszipcode\search.py", line 536, in query
city = self.find_city(city, state, best_match=True)[0]
File "C:\Users\m184194\Anaconda3\envs\social_media\lib\site-packages\uszipcode\search.py", line 379, in find_city
raise ValueError("'%s' is not a valid city name" % city)
ValueError: 'Ely' is not a valid city name
Exception ignored in: <function SearchEngine.del at 0x0000025E482668C0>
Traceback (most recent call last):

Sample code to reproduce the problem

from uszipcode import SearchEngine
engine = SearchEngine()

def get_zipcode(current_city):
city = current_city.split(",")[0].strip()
state = current_city.split(",")[1].strip()
print(city, state)
zipcodes = engine.by_city_and_state(city=city, state=state)
for zipcode in zipcodes:
print(zipcode.zipcode, zipcode.major_city, zipcode.population)

current_city = "Plymouth, Minnesota"
get_zipcode(current_city)
engine.close()

Potential Solution

Maybe you can try talk to the author lively here https://gitter.im/MacHu-GWU-Python-Library-Technical-Support/community

[jonathangreen]

@huangming6220 i believe this PR will probably fix your issue:

#73