Hardcode empty buckets, for now

Author: cygnusv

porter/main.py

@@ -460,22 +460,23 @@ def __init__(self, _reservoir, need_successes: int):
                 self.selected_nodes = dict()  # <checksum address> -> <bucket>
 
             def read_buckets(self) -> Dict:
-                try:
-                    response = requests.get(self.BUCKETS_URL)
-                except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as ex:
-                    error = f"Failed to fetch buckets JSON file from {self.BUCKETS_URL}: {str(ex)}"
-                    raise RuntimeError(error)
-
-                if response.status_code != 200:
-                    error = f"Failed to fetch buckets JSON file from {self.BUCKETS_URL} with status code {response.status_code}"
-                    raise RuntimeError(error)
-
-                try:
-                    buckets = response.json()
-                except JSONDecodeError:
-                    raise RuntimeError(
-                        f"Invalid buckets JSON file at '{self.BUCKETS_URL}'."
-                    )
+                # try:
+                #     response = requests.get(self.BUCKETS_URL)
+                # except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as ex:
+                #     error = f"Failed to fetch buckets JSON file from {self.BUCKETS_URL}: {str(ex)}"
+                #     raise RuntimeError(error)
+
+                # if response.status_code != 200:
+                #     error = f"Failed to fetch buckets JSON file from {self.BUCKETS_URL} with status code {response.status_code}"
+                #     raise RuntimeError(error)
+
+                # try:
+                #     buckets = response.json()
+                # except JSONDecodeError:
+                #     raise RuntimeError(
+                #         f"Invalid buckets JSON file at '{self.BUCKETS_URL}'."
+                #     )
+                buckets = {}  # Placeholder for buckets
                 return buckets
 
             def find_bucket(self, node):