app.rb

@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ class App < Roda
         rescue URI::BadURIError
           response.status = 400
           return {message: "invalid url parameter"}.to_json
-        rescue OpenURI::HTTPError
-          response.status = 400
-          return {message: "url not found"}.to_json
         end
 
 

spec/create_spec.rb

@@ -65,14 +65,4 @@ describe "Submit API request to create new link" do
     response_json = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
     expect(response_json['message']).to eq('invalid url parameter')
   end
-
-  it "should return with a 400 status and 'url not found' message when an invalid url is submitted" do
-    data = {
-      url: 'http://google.com/example'
-    }
-    post('/links', data.to_json, "CONTENT_TYPE" => "application/json")
-    expect(last_response.status).to eq(400)
-    response_json = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
-    expect(response_json['message']).to eq('url not found')
-  end
 end