event_service.py request_event not working for only one event

[jiklas-nust]

Hi,

I was setting up a VTN with the 1-minute-Server example from the docs and ran into a problem. As I am running my client in typescript I got a TypeError saying, that my oadrEvent that I got back from polling was not iterable.
The response message to the poll request from the vtn looks like this:

Responding to oadrPoll with a oadrDistributeEvent message: {'events': [], 'vtn_id': 'myvtn', 'ven_id': 'ven_id_123', 'response': {'request_id': None, 'response_code': 200, 'response_description': 'OK'}, 'request_id': '8a23b069-bf08-4769-b9fd-e9b3cfbb94d9'}.

The array which would normally hold the events is empty IF we only have one event in queue.

I cannot really explain why python does this, but when I debugged the request_event function I saw, that

        self.events[ven_id].pop(self.events[ven_id].index(event)) (line 55 in event_service.py)

pops the event not only from self.events but also from the referenced variable events, that is later used to fill the response array. And since the function later only checks if events is None, this results in giving back an empty array as a response.

I fixed this by adjusting line 46 where the reference is created and used the copy function to create a copy of self.events rather than a reference to it.

          events = utils.order_events(self.events[ven_id].copy())

Is this a real bug or am I missing something? I'm not too familiar with python. I'd love to hear back from you with some advice.

[axmsoftware]

Hi Jiklas, Thank you for debugging and fixing this, it does look like a bug. Were you able to submit an issue or a pull request? Let me know how I can support you. Thanks, Arila

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On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 11:03 AM jiklas-nust ***@***.***> wrote: Hi, I was setting up a VTN with the 1-minute-Server example from the docs and ran into a problem. As I am running my client in typescript I got a TypeError saying, that my oadrEvent that I got back from polling was not iterable. The response message to the poll request from the vtn looks like this: Responding to oadrPoll with a oadrDistributeEvent message: {'events': [], 'vtn_id': 'myvtn', 'ven_id': 'ven_id_123', 'response': {'request_id': None, 'response_code': 200, 'response_description': 'OK'}, 'request_id': '8a23b069-bf08-4769-b9fd-e9b3cfbb94d9'}. The array which would normally hold the events is empty IF we only have one event in queue. I cannot really explain why python does this, but when I debugged the request_event function I saw, that self.events[ven_id].pop(self.events[ven_id].index(event)) (line 55 in event_service.py) pops the event not only from self.events but also from the referenced variable events, that is later used to fill the response array. And since the function later only checks if events is None, this results in giving back an empty array as a response. I fixed this by adjusting line 46 where the reference is created and used the copy function to create a copy of self.events rather than a reference to it. events = utils.order_events(self.events[ven_id].copy()) Is this a real bug or am I missing something? I'm not too familiar with python. I'd love to hear back from you with some advice. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#175>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AIR5OPF3KM47FVDTPET6VPT2B3XNRAVCNFSM6AAAAABSI345QSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZSGY4DENBYGQ2DANY> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[jiklas-nust]

Hi Arila,

thanks for replying. Could you get me through the steps of submitting a pull request? Do I need to fork the repo in order to?
I tried creating a new branch but it won't let me push this branch to the remote.
It's my first contribution to a public repo so I'm a little bit lost here.

Thanks, Jiklas