Merge pull request #964 from johncheng2011/bug/inheriting-exceptions-in-init

Ignore Attribute error in Spotify.__del__

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Updated links to Spotify in documentation
 - Improve usability on README.md
 - Fix `user_playlists_contents` example. 
+- Updated links to Spotify in documentation 
+- Fixed error obfuscation when Spotify class is being inherited and an error is raised in the Child's `__init__`
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed unused description parameter in playlist creation example

spotipy/client.py

@@ -211,8 +211,11 @@ class Spotify(object):
 
     def __del__(self):
         """Make sure the connection (pool) gets closed"""
-        if isinstance(self._session, requests.Session):
-            self._session.close()
+        try:
+            if isinstance(self._session, requests.Session):
+                self._session.close()
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
 
     def _build_session(self):
         self._session = requests.Session()