Minor improvements to boxes branch (#388)

algosdk/box_reference.py

@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ def dictify(self):
     @staticmethod
     def undictify(d):
         return BoxReference(
-            d["i"] if "i" in d else None,
-            d["n"] if "n" in d else None,
+            d["i"] if "i" in d else 0,
+            d["n"] if "n" in d else b"",
         )
 
     def __eq__(self, other):

algosdk/v2client/algod.py

@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ def application_box_by_name(
         """
         Return the value of an application's box.
 
+        NOTE: box values are returned as base64-encoded strings.
+
         Args:
             application_id (int): The ID of the application to look up.
             box_name (bytes): The name or key of the box.
@@ -146,6 +148,8 @@ def application_boxes(self, application_id: int, limit: int = 0, **kwargs):
         """
         Return a list of all the application's boxes.
 
+        NOTE: box names are returned as base64-encoded strings.
+
         Args:
             application_id (int): The ID of the application to look up.
             limit (int, optional): Max number of box names to return.

algosdk/v2client/indexer.py

@@ -932,6 +932,8 @@ def application_box_by_name(
         """
         Return the value of an application's box.
 
+        NOTE: box values are returned as base64-encoded strings.
+
         Args:
             application_id (int): application index
             box_name (bytes): The name (key) of the box.
@@ -949,6 +951,8 @@ def application_boxes(
         """
         Return a list of all the application's boxes.
 
+        NOTE: box names are returned as base64-encoded strings.
+
         Args:
             application_id (int): The ID of the application to look up.
             limit (int, optional): Max number of box names to return.