query = query.replace('!', '')
    query = web.quote(query)
    uri = 'http://api.wunderground.com/api/' + phenny.config.wunderground_api_key + '/conditions/q/' + query + '.json'
    rec_bytes = web.get(uri)
    jsonstring = json.loads(rec_bytes)
    werror = 0
    try
        werrorexist = jsonstring['response']['error']['type']
        werror = 1
    except
        werror = 0

    if werror is 1:
        werrortype = jsonstring['response']['error']['type']
        werrordesc = jsonstring['response']['error']['description']
        werrorfull = werrortype + ' - ' + werrordesc
        return werrorfull