JSON decode error in rtl_433_mqtt_hass.py

[ArcticSheet]

Hello, I am trying to add my rtl_433 devices to get auto discovered but whenever I try to run the add on which runs this wrapper script: rtl_433_mqtt_hass.py

I get the following error:
ERROR:root:JSON decode error: 2025-03-13T17:42:02.309197-0700

I also get the following error:

Exception in thread Thread-1 (_thread_main):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/threading.py", line 1073, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/threading.py", line 1010, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py", line 3591, in _thread_main
    self.loop_forever(retry_first_connection=True)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py", line 1756, in loop_forever
    rc = self._loop(timeout)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py", line 1164, in _loop
    rc = self.loop_read()
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py", line 1556, in loop_read
    rc = self._packet_read()
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py", line 2439, in _packet_read
    rc = self._packet_handle()
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py", line 3033, in _packet_handle
    return self._handle_publish()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py", line 3327, in _handle_publish
    self._handle_on_message(message)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/paho/mqtt/client.py", line 3570, in _handle_on_message
    on_message(self, self._userdata, message)
  File "/rtl_433_mqtt_hass.py", line 752, in mqtt_message
    bridge_event_to_hass(client, topicprefix, data)
  File "/rtl_433_mqtt_hass.py", line 840, in bridge_event_to_hass
    if "model" not in data:
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: argument of type 'int' is not iterable

Is it having trouble trying to decode the T in the UTC time?

Why am I getting argument of type 'int' is not iterable?

I appreciate any help in this matter. Thank you!

[gdt]

The hass mqtt world expects the payload to be a json dictionary with the entire output, not a single value. It seems like you are sending a single value.

You didn't explain what version of software you are running and exactly how it is configured. HA addons are not part of rtl_433 and thus you may want to ask in an HA context. And, people tend to be running older code, and there have been bug fixes in the not too distant past, whose details escape me.

[ArcticSheet]

OK thanks for the reply! I noticed in MQTT explorer that first there is a date payload in then in another subtopic it has the JSON payload so I will try that and report back

[gdt]

Broadly, within HA culture, there are two styles of using mqtt. One is to have a topic with a value, sort of foo/bar/outside_temperature_c = 10, and another to is to have foo/bar/weather with a dictionary that has a key outside_temperature_C with a value 10. I pretty strongly prefer the dictionary when It's a coherent set of observations. The important thing of source is to have speaker and interpreter agree.

[ArcticSheet]

I think I have the dictionary and I'm just trying to figure out the home assistant add on to poll the sensors automatically, because I'm able to add the entities to my HA but once I do they don't update. So currently figuring that out...

[ArcticSheet]

Just an update, I just installed the acurite2mqtt addon here https://github.com/thejeffreystone/hassio_addons/tree/main/acurite2mqtt and it worked...