fix: make polling interval configurable

client/dispatch-query.py

@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     smtp_pass = args.smtp_pass or os.environ.get("SMTP_PASS")
     smtp_port = args.smtp_port or os.environ.get("SMTP_PORT")
 
+    polling_interval = int(os.environ.get("POLLING_INTERVAL_SECONDS") or 5)
+
     first_run = True
     while args.loop or first_run:
 
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
         # wait a moment #
         if args.loop:
-            time.sleep(5)
+            time.sleep(polling_interval)
 
         # handle non-loop runs #
         first_run = False

server/interface.py

@@ -398,6 +398,15 @@ def save_in_dispatch_queue(persons, title, message, method, link=""):
         dispatch_secret = secrets.token_urlsafe(32)
 
         master_method = "any"
+
+        # handle bytes input #
+        def normalize(v):
+            return v.decode("utf-8") if isinstance(v, bytes) else v
+
+        p.username = normalize(p.username)
+        p.phone = normalize(p.phone)
+        p.email = normalize(p.email)
+
         obj = DispatchObject(username=p.username,
                         phone=p.phone,
                         email=p.email,
@@ -440,7 +449,7 @@ def create_app():
     app.config["SUBSTITUTIONS"] = {}
     if os.path.isfile(substitution_config_file):
         with open(substitution_config_file) as f:
-            app.config["SUBSTITUTIONS"] = yaml.safe_load(f)
+            app.config["SUBSTITUTIONS"] = yaml.safe_load(f) or {}
 
     print("Loaded subs:", substitution_config_file, app.config["SUBSTITUTIONS"], file=sys.stderr)