Fix JSONDecodeError (#4241)

* Fix JSONDecodeError bug (#4237)

* Remove unused import

* Clean up code

* Fix JSONDecodeError (#4241)

* Accept all Exceptions

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Co-authored-by: Abubakar Abid <abubakar@huggingface.co>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ No changes to highlight.
 - Fix "TypeError: issubclass() arg 1 must be a class" When use Optional[Types] by [@lingfengchencn](https://github.com/lingfengchencn) in [PR 4200](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4200). 
 - Ensure cancelling functions work correctly by [@pngwn](https://github.com/pngwn) in [PR 4225](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4225)
 - Fixes a bug with typing.get_type_hints() on Python 3.9 by [@abidlabs](https://github.com/abidlabs) in [PR 4228](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4228).
+- Fixes JSONDecodeError by [@davidai](https://github.com/davidai) in [PR 4241](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4241)
 - Fix `chatbot_dialogpt` demo by [@dawoodkhan82](https://github.com/dawoodkhan82) in [PR 4238](https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/4238).
 
 ## Other Changes:

gradio/strings.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import json
 import os
 import threading
 from typing import Dict
@@ -38,11 +37,7 @@ def get_updated_messaging(en: Dict):
     try:
         updated_messaging = requests.get(MESSAGING_API_ENDPOINT, timeout=3).json()
         en.update(updated_messaging)
-    except (
-        requests.ConnectionError,
-        requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout,
-        json.decoder.JSONDecodeError,
-    ):  # Use default messaging
+    except Exception:  # Use default messaging
         pass