modified to work with Home Assistant

mca66_server.py

@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@
 # Open the serial port to communicate with the MCA-66
 # Exit if it fails.
 
-# Deafults
-logfile = open('/tmp/mca66_server.log','w',0)
+# Defults
+logfile = open('/var/log/mca66_server/server.log','w',0)
 sys.stdout = logfile
 sys.stderr = logfile
-
-
-
 
 audio = mca66.MCA66('/dev/ttyUSB0')
 if audio.open() is False:
+    print("False!!")
     sys.exit()
 
 # define list of commands we handle
@@ -35,18 +33,20 @@ def GET(self):
 class controller:
 
     def GET(self):
+        print("Received GET")
         # we're going to return JSON
         web.header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
         # Grab the arguements from the URL
         user_data = web.input()
+        print("user_data:",user_data)
         #print user_data, commands
         # do some input validation
         if 'command' in user_data:
             command = user_data.command.lower()
             if command in get_commands: 
                 print("Processing...",command)
                 zone = int(user_data.zone) if 'zone' in user_data else None
-                            
+
                 # Process the commnads
                 if command == "status":
                     if zone:
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ def POST(self):
         # we're going to return JSON
         web.header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
 
+        print("Received POST")
+        print("user_data:",user_data)
+        print("data:", web.data())
         if 'command' in user_data:
             command = user_data.command.lower()
             if command in post_commands: 
@@ -121,4 +124,4 @@ def POST(self):
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     app = web.application(urls, globals())
-    app.run()
+    app.run()

mca66_server.sh

@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@
 # Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
 # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
 # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
-# Short-Description: Put a short description of the service here
-# Description:       Put a long description of the service here
+# Short-Description: MCA-66 Server
+# Description:       MCA-66 Server
 ### END INIT INFO
 
 # Change the next 3 lines to suit where you install your script and what you want to call it
-DIR=/usr/local/bin/myservice
+DIR=/usr/local/bin/mca66_server
 DAEMON=$DIR/mca66_server.py
 DAEMON_NAME=mca66_server
 
 # Add any command line options for your daemon here
-DAEMON_OPTS="-l"
+DAEMON_OPTS=""
 
 # This next line determines what user the script runs as.
 # Root generally not recommended but necessary if you are using the Raspberry Pi GPIO from Python.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ PIDFILE=/var/run/$DAEMON_NAME.pid
 
 do_start () {
     log_daemon_msg "Starting system $DAEMON_NAME daemon"
-    start-stop-daemon --start --background --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --user $DAEMON_USER --chuid $DAEMON_USER --startas $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
+    start-stop-daemon --start --background --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --user $DAEMON_USER --chuid $DAEMON_USER --chdir $DIR --startas $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
     log_end_msg $?
 }
 do_stop () {