Add handling for possibility that zones is passed as a string with an…

… enclosed array ie. 'zones' : '[1,2,3]'

python/ethaudio/api.py

@@ -591,6 +591,11 @@ def set_group(self, id, name=None, source_id=None, zones=None, mute=None, vol_de
     _, g = self.get_group(id)
     if g is None:
       return error('set group failed, group {} not found'.format(id))
+    if type(zones) is str:
+      try:
+        zones = eval(zones)
+      except Exception as e:
+        return error('failed to configure group, error parsing zones: {}'.format(e))
     try:
       name, _ = updated_val(name, g['name'])
       zones, _ = updated_val(zones, g['zones'])
@@ -628,6 +633,12 @@ def create_group(self, name, zones):
     if name in names:
       return error('create group failed: {} already exists'.format(name))
 
+    if type(zones) is str:
+      try:
+        zones = eval(zones)
+      except Exception as e:
+        return error('failed to configure group, error parsing zones: {}'.format(e))
+
     # get the new groug's id
     id = self.new_group_id()
 

python/ethaudio/server.py

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ def do_POST(self):
       content = self.rfile.read(content_length)
 
       # attempt to parse
+      print('parsing: {}'.format(content))
       parse_error = self.eth_audio_server.parse_command(content)
       # reply with appropriate HTTP code
       if(parse_error == None):