Fix hdf5 read with broken links (#904)

* Update hdf5.py

Resolves issue with loading Dectris-compressed data (lzf compression if I'm not mistaken).

* Update pyproject.toml

Added import of hdf5plugin

* Update hdf5.py

ignore flake8 here.

* Update hdf5.py

Fighting flake8

* Update CHANGELOG.md

Fixed the years of previous changelog entries, and added mine.

* Update CHANGELOG.md

Fixing a trailing whitespace for flake8's pleasure.

* fix to pass broken external HDF5 links less destructively.

* Update CHANGELOG.md

message on the graceful handling of broken external links in HDF5 files.

* getting flake8 to pass in vs code first.

* flake8 is more strict on the CI/CD end.

* Todo note added with reference to the PR detailing the issue

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Write the date in place of the "Unreleased" in the case a new version is released. -->
 # Changelog
 
+
 ## 0.1.0-b20 (2025-03-07)
 
 ### Added
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ Write the date in place of the "Unreleased" in the case a new version is release
 - Added an hdf5plugin import to handle reading lzf-compressed data from Dectris Eiger HDF5 files.
 - Removed no-op `?include_data_sources=false` (which is the default) from some
   requests issued by the Python client.
+- Added a try-except statement to gracefully skip over broken external links in HDF5 files.
 
 ### Maintenance
 

tiled/adapters/hdf5.py

@@ -142,7 +142,15 @@ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Any]:
         yield from self._file
 
     def __getitem__(self, key: str) -> Union["HDF5Adapter", ArrayAdapter]:
-        value = self._file[key]
+        # TODO: Handle broken external links better in the future. See tiled PR #904.
+        try:
+            value = self._file[key]
+        except KeyError as e:
+            warnings.warn(
+                f"KeyError: {e}, probably broken external link. Returning warning as value:"
+            )
+            return from_dataset(numpy.array([f"KeyError: {e}"]))
+
         if isinstance(value, h5py.Group):
             return HDF5Adapter(value)
         else: