Climate.py error about homeassistant-greeclimatecomponent

[RobHofmann]

Do you have simplejson installed? Im running HASSIO so it gets fixed automatically (if I recall correctly). I think you need to install modules on hassbian.

Let me know :)

[omribenami]

Thanks for the quick reply! Umm.. i installed simplejson right now but the problem remains...are there any other modules you think i should have? Thanks!

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[omribenami]

hi.
installed simplejson and running python 3.5.3
unfortunatly no good news :(

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity_platform.py", line 126, in _async_setup_platform
SLOW_SETUP_MAX_WAIT, loop=hass.loop)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/asyncio/tasks.py", line 400, in wait_for
return fut.result()
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/asyncio/futures.py", line 293, in result
raise self._exception
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/asyncio/tasks.py", line 239, in _step
result = coro.send(None)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/asyncio/coroutines.py", line 210, in coro
res = func(*args, **kw)
File "/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/custom_components/gree/climate.py", line 113, in async_setup_platform
GreeClimate(hass, name, ip_addr, port, mac_addr, min_temp, max_temp, target_temp, target_temp_step, temp_sensor_entity_id, operation_list, fan_list, swing_updn_mode_list, default_operation, default_fan_mode, default_operation_from_idle, default_swing_updn_mode, encryption_key, uid)
File "/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/custom_components/gree/climate.py", line 152, in init
self._encryption_key = self.GetDeviceKey().encode("utf8")
File "/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/custom_components/gree/climate.py", line 220, in GetDeviceKey
return self.FetchResult(cipher, self._ip_addr, self._port, jsonPayloadToSend)['key']
File "/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/custom_components/gree/climate.py", line 192, in FetchResult
receivedJson = simplejson.loads(data)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/json/init.py", line 312, in loads
s.class.name))
TypeError: the JSON object must be str, not 'bytes'

[RobHofmann]

Hi, im not sure why this is going wrong. Maybe, if possible, you can switch to HASSIO? All dependencies will be fixed for you in that distro.

Unfortunately I dont have a test-setup with hassbian available.

[srozb]

Hi, looks like recvfrom method returns bytes type as described here, and simplejson.loads method expects string. Perhaps decode() will solve that.

[RobHofmann]

@omribenami can you try the suggestion from @srozb and let us know?

[omribenami]

guys with a help of a friend i got it fixed... it turned out to be like rob said... a lack of Simplejson..ive installed it on PIP command instead of PIP3... i still got an time out error because climate.py couldnt fetch the encryption keys but i extracted them myself and now its fully working. tnx for the help you guys and tnx for effort bringing gree to HA Rob!!

[RobHofmann]

Glad to hear! Enjoy.