Question: Help understanding Encoding of Rooms

[TheChrisTech]

Hello,

I'm working on my own integration into Hubitat, and am looking through your code. I'm not a professional at python, so I was hoping you could help explain the following method to me:

def _encode_room_list(self, rooms: List[str]):
    """Base64 encode the list of rooms to clean"""
    if not rooms:
        raise ValueError('Room list must not be empty')
    if len(rooms) > 3:
        raise ValueError('At most three rooms may be given')
    # These are a mystery to me, but they seem constant
    header = b'\x80\x01\x0b\xca\x02'
    footer = b'\x1a\x08155B43C4'

I do notice some unusual encoding around a possible value:
Calling "SET_Areas_To_Clean" via the App, it's sending this as the payload:

{"datapoint": {"value": "gAELygIXCgtMaXZpbmcgUm9vbRoINzZBODA1OEE="}}

Which base64 decodes to:

��ﾊ��
�Living Room��76A8058A

Any tips? I'm essentially going to be making a simple string to pass this on to the API using Groovy.

[TheChrisTech]

I did end up figuring this out. Mine was a bit different in terms of footer, but was able to make it work.