hue2 initial setup fails due to missing ip

[bytesplit]

Just started to migrate from old hue plugin to new one. At first I tried using the webif to activate Hue2 plugin. The plugin is added to etc/plugin.yaml but does not have any config. It seems it is missing initial values which I suppose should be added once configured in webif.

During startup I got this error:

2022-08-21  14:08:55 ERROR    plugins.hue2        discover_bridges: Exception in discover_bridges(): [Errno -2] Name or service not known
2022-08-21  14:08:55 ERROR    lib.plugin          Plugin 'hue2' from section 'huebridge' exception: 'ip'
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/smarthome/lib/plugin.py", line 162, in __init__
>     plugin_thread = PluginWrapper(smarthome, plugin, classname, classpath, args, instance, self.meta, self._configfile)
>   File "/usr/local/smarthome/lib/plugin.py", line 629, in __init__
>     exec("self.plugin.__init__(smarthome{0}{1})".format("," if len(arglist) else "", argstring))
>   File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "/usr/local/smarthome/plugins/hue2/__init__.py", line 135, in __init__
>     if self.bridge['ip'] != self.bridge_ip:
> KeyError: 'ip'

I manually looked up values for bridge_serial, user and ip and got things working. Wonder how discover bridges could be brought to life. I double-checked and requirements.txt are ok both for SHNG and plugin.

SmarthomeNG v1.9.2-master (cc57a0ad)
Plugins v1.9.2-master (e9f4b86)
Python 3.9.2
Debian Bullseye 11.4

[msinn]

You have to give more information on what you did exactly.

It is perfectly normal and correct, that after activation the plugin, no further information is present in the etc/plugin.yaml. It is added, after you did a bridge discovery in the web interface and pressed the button next to the bridge you want to use.

[bytesplit]

The state is error so the plugin did not initialize. Thus it did not appear in admin/plugin_list and the plugin/hue2 page was not available. I think SHNG just skipped the plugin.

Steps:

• (pre-condition: plugin.yaml has no hue2 tree)
• in admin webif add plugin (as per documentation)
  • wait for list of installed plugins to load
  • select hue2
  • give unique name (I gave huebridge)
• relaunch SHNG
• expected: hue2 webif appears but empty so discovery can start
• observed: error in log and hue2 plugin missing from admin

[msinn]

Should be fixed with hue2 actual plugin in develop branch.

[msinn]

SmartHomeNG v1.9.4 has been released