From d00cc3f6234803a753c01ef3b652bf5ab0d1a49d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xing Han Lu <21180505+xhluca@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 20:01:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update format.py (#23)

---
 weblinx/utils/format.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/weblinx/utils/format.py b/weblinx/utils/format.py
index 87b2bf5..184ee11 100644
--- a/weblinx/utils/format.py
+++ b/weblinx/utils/format.py
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ def format_uid(turn, uid_key="data-webtasks-id", return_as="dict"):
     formatted : str or dict
         A string or dictionary representing the uid.
     """
+    if turn.element is None:
+        raise ValueError(f"format_uid received a turn object with turn.element missing (None): {turn}")
     output = {"uid": turn.element.get("attributes", {}).get(uid_key, None)}
 
     return format_output_dictionary(output, return_as=return_as)