Handle the case where given an experiment ID, no corresponding LIBRARY_STRATEGY or LIBRARY_SOURCE could be found.

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diff --git a/Code/download_ena_experiment_records.py b/Code/download_ena_experiment_records.py
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+# Given an experiment's accession SRX6711770, get its full information from the following link
+# https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/xml/SRX6711770
+
+import urllib.request
+
+def get_xml_for_experiment_id(eid):
+    url = 'https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/api/xml/%s' % (eid)
+    content = ''
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response:
+        content = response.read()
+    return content.decode('utf-8')
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print(get_xml_for_experiment_id('SRX6711770'))
+