add safety check

bubbles/commands/periodic/transcription_check_ping.py

@@ -99,11 +99,9 @@ def _get_check_username(message: Dict) -> Optional[str]:
     :returns: The username, or None if it couldn't be found.
     """
     text = _extract_check_text(message)
-    try:
-        username_match = USERNAME_REGEX.search(text)
-        return username_match.group("username") if username_match else None
-    except TypeError:
-        print(f"Could not parse username. Value of `text`: {text}")
+
+    username_match = USERNAME_REGEX.search(text)
+    return username_match.group("username") if username_match else None
 
 
 def _get_check_status(message: Dict) -> Tuple[CheckStatus, Optional[str]]:
@@ -158,6 +156,7 @@ def _get_check_time(message: Dict) -> datetime:
 
 def _get_check_data(message: Dict) -> CheckData:
     """Extract the data from a given check message."""
+
     user = _get_check_username(message)
     status, mod = _get_check_status(message)
     link = _get_check_link(message)
@@ -184,6 +183,10 @@ def _extract_open_checks(messages: List[Dict]) -> List[CheckData]:
         if not _is_check_message(message):
             continue
 
+        # sanity check, make sure the message is valid
+        if not _extract_check_text(message):
+            continue
+
         check = _get_check_data(message)
 
         # We don't need to handle resolved checks