Is 'mip' no longer supported?

[Jibun-no-Kage]

From the following documentation...
https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/reference/packages.html

import mip
mip.install("pkgname") # Installs the latest version of "pkgname" (and dependencies)

But I get the following...

Installing umqttsimple (latest) from https://micropython.org/pi/v2 to /lib
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "mip/__init__.py", line 1, in install
  File "mip/__init__.py", line 1, in _install_package
  File "mip/__init__.py", line 1, in _install_json
  File "requests/__init__.py", line 201, in get
  File "requests/__init__.py", line 79, in request
OSError: -202

Just trying to add MQTT support to my MicroPython project, i.e. just publishing to MQTT.

[peterhinch]

This works here

Connected to MicroPython at /dev/ttyACM0
Use Ctrl-] or Ctrl-x to exit this shell

>>> import mip
>>> mip.install("umqtt.simple")
Installing umqtt.simple (latest) from https://micropython.org/pi/v2 to /lib
Copying: /lib/umqtt/simple.mpy
Done
>>> 

[andypiper]

Is your board already connected to a network? It looks like requests is failing.

[bidrohini]

The error you’re seeing can be due to a network failure when trying to download the package. Try to verify the internet connection by accessing a website or running any other network-related code.
For example, you can try using a simple HTTP request:
import socket
socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM).connect(("google.com", 80))

[Jibun-no-Kage]

Initial issue was the ESP32 module had indeed drop off the network. So attempted again...

MicroPython v1.24.0 on 2024-10-25; Generic ESP32 module with ESP32

Type "help()" for more information.

>>> import network
>>> theNetwork = network.WLAN(network.STA_IF)
>>> theNetwork.active(True)
True
>>> theNetwork.connect('****', '*****')
>>> theNetwork.isconnected()
True
>>> import mip
>>> mip.install("umqtt.simple")
Installing umqtt.simple (latest) from https://micropython.org/pi/v2 to /lib

Now the odd thing is... the installing sequence has been stuck there for about 15 minutes. Appears to have hung?

If I try the URL directly... I get error 403. But not sure that not expected with any direct access attempt to the URL?

[scruss]

Is your router normally flaky? Because I had umqtt.simple install in couple of seconds on a 1 MB ESP01s:

MPY: soft reboot
Starting network ...
network config: ('192.168.2.124', '255.255.255.0', '192.168.2.1', '192.168.2.1')
hostname      : esp01a
MicroPython v1.24.0 on 2024-10-25; ESP module (1M) with ESP8266
Type "help()" for more information.
>>> import mip
>>> mip.install("umqtt.simple")
Installing umqtt.simple (latest) from https://micropython.org/pi/v2 to /lib
Copying: /lib/umqtt/simple.mpy
Done

If you have a direct connection to the board, you can use mpremote mip install ... rather than the REPL. It allows you to use mip on boards with no wifi connection.

Also, I find mim extremely useful for finding mip package names.

[Jibun-no-Kage]

Oh... assuming the following code would generate an error if no connection of socket?

>>> import socket
>>> socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM).connect(("google.com", 80))
>>> 

And... Showing current status...

>>> theNetwork
<WLAN>
>>> theNetwork.ifconfig()
('192.168.1.216', '255.255.255.0', '192.168.1.3', '192.168.1.253')
>>>