fix

app/main.py

@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ class MainApp(MDApp):
         if file_id: jsond['file_id']=str(file_id)
         if file_ext: jsond['file_ext']=str(file_ext)
         if channel and channel[0]=='@': channel=channel[1:]
-        self.log(f'''app.json(
+        self.log(f'''app.post(
             content={content},
             file_id={file_id},
             file_ext={file_ext},
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ class MainApp(MDApp):
         return await self.api.get_post(post_id)
 
     async def get_posts(self,uri='/inbox/world'):
+        if uri.count('/')<2: raise Exception('not a URI: '+uri)
         self.log(f'app.get_posts(uri={uri} -> ...')
         data = await self.api.get_posts(uri)
         self.log('app.get_posts() got back from api.get_posts():',data)

app/screens/post/post.py

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class PostScreen(ProtectedScreen):
 
         post_json = {'author':self.app.username, 'timestamp':time.time()}
         keys=[k for k in self.app.keys if k!=self.app.username]
-        if keys:
+        if False: # ??
             key=keys[0]
             post_json['to_name']=key
             self.recipient=key

p2p/api.py

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ if not os.path.exists(KEYDIR): os.makedirs(KEYDIR)
 
 KEYDIR_BUILTIN = '.'
 
+class NetworkStillConnectingError(OSError): pass
 
 async def _getdb(self=None,port=PORT_LISTEN):
     from kademlia.network import Server
@@ -66,8 +67,12 @@ async def _getdb(self=None,port=PORT_LISTEN):
     if self: self.log(os.getcwd())
     node = Server(log=self.log if self else print) #fn='../p2p/data.db',log=(self.log if self else print)))
 
-    if self: self.log('listening..')
-    await node.listen(port)
+    try:
+        if self: self.log('listening..')
+        await node.listen(port)
+    except OSError:
+        raise NetworkStillConnectingError('Still connecting...')
+        #await asyncio.sleep(3)
 
     if self: self.log('bootstrapping server..')
     await node.bootstrap(NODES_PRIME)
@@ -523,7 +528,14 @@ class Api(object):
     ## Register
     async def register(self,name,passkey=None,just_return_keys=False):
         # if not (name and passkey): return {'error':'Name and password needed'}
-        person = await self.get_person(name)
+        import kademlia
+        try:
+            person = await self.get_person(name)
+        except kademlia.network.CannotReachNetworkError:
+            return {'error':'Network disconnected'}
+        except NetworkStillConnectingError:
+            return {'error':'Network still connecting...'}
+
         keys = self.get_keys()
         if person is not None:
             self.log('register() person <-',person)
@@ -704,7 +716,7 @@ class Api(object):
         return file_store
 
     async def flush(self):
-        self.log('saving back to db file...')
+        #self.log('saving back to db file...')
         node = await self.node
         node.storage.dump()
         # self.log('DONE saving back to db file...')

p2p/kademlia/network.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import pickle
 import asyncio
 import logging
 
+class CannotReachNetworkError(Exception): pass
 
 from kademlia.protocol import KademliaProtocol
 from kademlia.utils import digest
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ class Server:
         nearest = self.protocol.router.find_neighbors(node)
         self.log(f'nearest = {nearest}')
         if not nearest:
-            raise Exception("There are no known neighbors to get key %s" % key)
+            raise CannotReachNetworkError("There are no known neighbors to get key %s" % key)
 
 
         found = None