Merge pull request #558 from geeksville/pr-fixjson

Pretty indent --info JSON output (see below for details)

meshtastic/mesh_interface.py

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class MeshInterface:
                 # use id as dictionary key for correct json format in list of nodes
                 nodeid = n2["user"]["id"]
                 nodes[nodeid] = n2
-        infos = owner + myinfo + metadata + mesh + json.dumps(nodes)
+        infos = owner + myinfo + metadata + mesh + json.dumps(nodes, indent=2)
         print(infos)
         return infos
 

meshtastic/node.py

@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ class Node:
         """Show human readable description of our node"""
         prefs = ""
         if self.localConfig:
-            prefs = message_to_json(self.localConfig)
+            prefs = message_to_json(self.localConfig, multiline=True)
         print(f"Preferences: {prefs}\n")
         prefs = ""
         if self.moduleConfig:
-            prefs = message_to_json(self.moduleConfig)
+            prefs = message_to_json(self.moduleConfig, multiline=True)
         print(f"Module preferences: {prefs}\n")
         self.showChannels()
 

meshtastic/util.py

@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ def check_if_newer_version():
 
     return pypi_version
 
-def message_to_json(message):
-    "Return protobuf message as JSON. Always print all fields, even when not present in data."
-    return stripnl(MessageToJson(message, always_print_fields_with_no_presence=True))
+
+def message_to_json(message, multiline=False):
+    """Return protobuf message as JSON. Always print all fields, even when not present in data."""
+    json = MessageToJson(message, always_print_fields_with_no_presence=True)
+    return stripnl(json) if not multiline else json