fixed issue with index rebuild for arrays

Author: devleaks

examples/simple_ws.py

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ def command_active_monitor(command: str, active: bool):
 dataref = ws.dataref("sim/cockpit2/clock_timer/local_time_seconds")
 ws.monitor_dataref(dataref)
 
+arrdref = ws.dataref("sim/weather/aircraft/wind_direction_degt[0]")
+ws.monitor_dataref(arrdref)
+
 ws.monitor_command_active(ws.command("sim/map/show_current"))
 
 print("\n\nplease activate map in X-Plane with sim/map/show_current (usually key stroke 'm')\n")

xpwebapi/api.py

@@ -486,9 +486,9 @@ def get_string_value(self, encoding: str) -> str | None:
             logger.warning("value type is not data")
             return None
         value_bytes = self.value
-        value_bytes_stripped = value_bytes.rstrip(b"\x00")  # remove trailing 0 (bytes with value 0)
-        if len(value_bytes_stripped) > 0:
-            value_bytes = value_bytes_stripped
+        if value_bytes is None:
+            logger.debug("no value")
+            return None
         if type(value_bytes) is not bytes:
             logger.warning("value is not bytes")
             return None

xpwebapi/rest.py

@@ -296,7 +296,14 @@ def rebuild_dataref_ids(self):
         """Rebuild dataref idenfier index"""
         if len(self._dataref_by_id) > 0:
             if self.all_datarefs.has_data:
-                self._dataref_by_id = {d.ident: d for d in self._dataref_by_id.values()}
+                newdict = dict()
+                for d in self._dataref_by_id.values():
+                    if type(d) is Dataref:
+                        newdict[d.ident] = d
+                    elif type(d) is list and len(d) > 0:
+                        t = d[0]  # ident of first element, same for all elements in the list
+                        newdict[t.ident] = d
+                self._dataref_by_id = newdict
                 logger.info("dataref ids rebuilt")
                 return
             logger.warning("no data to rebuild dataref ids")