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From: Sunny Sun <38218185+sunnyosun@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:27:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=94=8A=20Raise=20error=20if=20organism=20?=
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---
 bionty/_bionty.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bionty/_bionty.py b/bionty/_bionty.py
index b6e1322..fc8c015 100644
--- a/bionty/_bionty.py
+++ b/bionty/_bionty.py
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ def create_or_get_organism_record(
                 try:
                     # create a organism record from bionty reference
                     organism_record = Organism.from_source(name=organism)
+                    if organism_record is None:
+                        raise ValueError(
+                            f"Organism {organism} can't be created from the bionty reference, check your spelling or create it manually."
+                        )
                     # link the organism record to the default bionty source
                     organism_record.source = get_source_record(
                         bt_base.Organism(), Organism