Second ever Driver http Response broken

🚧 Developers Broken-code
1

Below is my code for the poll

def poll() {
    if (logEnable) log.debug "polling..."
    String url = "http://api.thingspeak.com/channels/1417/field/1/last.txt"
    try {
       
        httpGet(url) { response ->
            def body = response.data
            if (logEnable) log.debug "${body}"
            sendEvent(name: "color1", value: body, isStateChange: true);
            }
            
    } catch(Exception e) {
    	log.debug "error occured calling httpget ${e}"
    }
}

The log looks like this
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But the Driver looks like this
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I have tried just about everything I have seen in the forums and online. HELP!

3

Changing the code to the value of of body, yields the following error in the log

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4

Try changing the following line

From

def body = response.data

To

def body = new String(response.data)

We need store a copy of the contents in a variable, rather than just a reference to it.

5

That yields a new error

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I also tried response.data.ToString() and got a similar error.

I am not a programmer but it seems that response.data is Schrödinger data... as is both a string and not a string at the same time

6

Try

def body = new String("${response.data}"}

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7

That worked...thanks a ton. I am so not a programmer. But i am happy to get this hacked together!

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8

Glad it helped. I had literally just figured out the exact same thing last night in an app I was working on. There may be a better solution, but this at least works for now. If others have a better solution, I am all ears. :wink:

9

Now I just have to get the rest of the code needed to set some bulbs to match the color!

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