1.2.7

docs/meshtastic/index.html

@@ -478,7 +478,16 @@ class MeshInterface:
         # URLs are of the form https://www.meshtastic.org/d/#{base64_channel_set}
         # Split on '/#' to find the base64 encoded channel settings
         splitURL = url.split("/#")
-        decodedURL = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(splitURL[-1])
+        b64 = splitURL[-1]
+
+        # We normally strip padding to make for a shorter URL, but the python parser doesn't like
+        # that.  So add back any missing padding
+        # per https://stackoverflow.com/a/9807138
+        missing_padding = len(b64) % 4
+        if missing_padding:
+            b64 += '='* (4 - missing_padding)
+
+        decodedURL = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(b64)
         channelSet = apponly_pb2.ChannelSet()
         channelSet.ParseFromString(decodedURL)
 
@@ -862,6 +871,7 @@ class StreamInterface(MeshInterface):
         # Start the reader thread after superclass constructor completes init
         if connectNow:
             self.connect()
+            self.waitForConfig()
 
     def connect(self):
         """Connect to our radio
@@ -1609,7 +1619,16 @@ noProto – If True, don't try to run our protocol on the link - just be a d
         # URLs are of the form https://www.meshtastic.org/d/#{base64_channel_set}
         # Split on '/#' to find the base64 encoded channel settings
         splitURL = url.split("/#")
-        decodedURL = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(splitURL[-1])
+        b64 = splitURL[-1]
+
+        # We normally strip padding to make for a shorter URL, but the python parser doesn't like
+        # that.  So add back any missing padding
+        # per https://stackoverflow.com/a/9807138
+        missing_padding = len(b64) % 4
+        if missing_padding:
+            b64 += '='* (4 - missing_padding)
+
+        decodedURL = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(b64)
         channelSet = apponly_pb2.ChannelSet()
         channelSet.ParseFromString(decodedURL)
 
@@ -2215,7 +2234,16 @@ wantResponse – True if you want the service on the other side to send an a
     # URLs are of the form https://www.meshtastic.org/d/#{base64_channel_set}
     # Split on '/#' to find the base64 encoded channel settings
     splitURL = url.split("/#")
-    decodedURL = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(splitURL[-1])
+    b64 = splitURL[-1]
+
+    # We normally strip padding to make for a shorter URL, but the python parser doesn't like
+    # that.  So add back any missing padding
+    # per https://stackoverflow.com/a/9807138
+    missing_padding = len(b64) % 4
+    if missing_padding:
+        b64 += '='* (4 - missing_padding)
+
+    decodedURL = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(b64)
     channelSet = apponly_pb2.ChannelSet()
     channelSet.ParseFromString(decodedURL)
 
@@ -2452,6 +2480,7 @@ debugOut {stream} – If a stream is provided, any debug serial output from
         # Start the reader thread after superclass constructor completes init
         if connectNow:
             self.connect()
+            self.waitForConfig()
 
     def connect(self):
         """Connect to our radio

setup.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
 # This call to setup() does all the work
 setup(
     name="meshtastic",
-    version="1.2.6",
+    version="1.2.7",
     description="Python API & client shell for talking to Meshtastic devices",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",