remove nested keys from nodes so we do not display garbage

meshtastic/mesh_interface.py

@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ class MeshInterface:
         nodes = ""
         if self.nodes:
             for n in self.nodes.values():
-                # when the TBeam is first booted, it sometimes shows the 'raw' data
+                # when the TBeam is first booted, it sometimes shows the raw data
                 # so, we will just remove any raw keys
-                n2 = remove_keys_from_dict('raw', n)
-                n2 = remove_keys_from_dict('decode', n2)
+                keys_to_remove = ('raw', 'decode', 'payload')
+                n2 = remove_keys_from_dict(keys_to_remove, n)
 
                 # if we have 'macaddr', re-format it
                 if 'macaddr' in n2['user']:

meshtastic/tests/test_util.py

@@ -184,6 +184,23 @@ def test_remove_keys_from_dict():
     assert remove_keys_from_dict(('b'), {'a':1, 'b':2}) == {'a':1}
 
 
+@pytest.mark.unit
+def test_remove_keys_from_dict_multiple_keys():
+    """Test remove_keys_from_dict()"""
+    keys = ('a', 'b')
+    adict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
+    assert remove_keys_from_dict(keys, adict) == {'c':3}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit
+def test_remove_keys_from_dict_nested():
+    """Test remove_keys_from_dict()"""
+    keys = ('b')
+    adict = {'a': {'b': 1}, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
+    exp = {'a': {}, 'c': 3}
+    assert remove_keys_from_dict(keys, adict) == exp
+
+
 @pytest.mark.unitslow
 def test_Timeout_not_found():
     """Test Timeout()"""

meshtastic/util.py

@@ -204,12 +204,18 @@ def support_info():
 
 
 def remove_keys_from_dict(keys, adict):
-    """Return a dictionary without some keys in it."""
-    newdict = adict
+    """Return a dictionary without some keys in it.
+       Will removed nested keys.
+    """
     for key in keys:
-        if key in adict:
-            del newdict[key]
-    return newdict
+        try:
+            del adict[key]
+        except:
+            pass
+    for val in adict.values():
+        if isinstance(val, dict):
+            remove_keys_from_dict(keys, val)
+    return adict
 
 
 def hexstr(barray):