update bureau to send and recieve json formatted params for API calls

screenless/bureau/bureau.py

@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ class Bureau:
         print("commands: ")
         print(self.commands)
 
-    def send(self, message):
+    def send(self, message, data=None):
+        if data:
+            message += json.dumps(data)
         self._send.send_string(message)
 
     def _publish_methods(self):
@@ -166,14 +168,14 @@ class Bureau:
                 dot = msg.find(".")
                 ref = msg[2:dot]
                 if (dot < len(msg) - 1) and (dot > 0):
-                    data = msg[dot + 1:]
+                    data = json.loads(msg[dot + 1:])
                 else:
                     data = None
                 print("data: " + str(data))
             except IndexError as e:
                 print("invalid message: ", e)
                 continue
-            print(("got command: " + ref))
+            print(("got method: " + ref))
 
             if (ref in self.commands) or (ref in self.api):
                 # catch TypeErrors for case of bogus params
@@ -185,8 +187,11 @@ class Bureau:
                 except TypeError as e:
                     print(e)
                     print("invalid data for command '{}': {}".format(ref, data))
+                except KeyError as e:
+                    print(e)
+                    print("You are calling a command as an API or vice-versa.")
             else:
-                print("error! object not found")
+                print("error! Command/API %s not found", ref)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

screenless/io/dumbkb.py

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# dumb raw input reader for keyboard / barcode scanner
-# TODO: switch this to using evdev - need to sort out permissions
-
-import sys
-#from evdev import InputDevice, list_devices
-
-#devices = map(InputDevice, list_devices())
-
-def main():
-    while True:
-        cmd = raw_input()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
-