Core: Kodi won't load in HA

[simpat1zq]

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Home Assistant release (hass --version):
0.33.4

Python release (python3 --version):
3.5.2

Component/platform:
Kodi

Description of problem:
Kodi doesn't load after updating to the latest HA version. It worked fine in 31.1.

Even after downgrading back to 31.1, it still doesn't work. However, if I revert back to the snapshot taken before upgrading, it works fine. So it looks like it might be that some other component other than HA is getting upgraded.

Here's what I see in the logs

ERROR:homeassistant.components.media_player:Error while setting up platform kodi
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py", line 150, in _async_setup_platform
    entity_platform.add_entities, discovery_info
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/asyncio/futures.py", line 361, in __iter__
    yield self  # This tells Task to wait for completion.
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/asyncio/tasks.py", line 296, in _wakeup
    future.result()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/asyncio/futures.py", line 274, in result
    raise self._exception
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 55, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/homeassistant/components/media_player/kodi.py", line 59, in setup_platform
    turn_off_action=config.get(CONF_TURN_OFF_ACTION)),
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/homeassistant/components/media_player/kodi.py", line 80, in __init__
    self.update()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/homeassistant/components/media_player/kodi.py", line 114, in update
    self._players = self._get_players()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/homeassistant/components/media_player/kodi.py", line 91, in _get_players
    return self._server.Player.GetActivePlayers()
  File "/home/osboxes/.homeassistant/deps/jsonrpc_requests/jsonrpc.py", line 112, in __call__
    return self.__request_method(self.__method_name, args, kwargs)
  File "/home/osboxes/.homeassistant/deps/jsonrpc_requests/jsonrpc.py", line 96, in __request
    return self.send_request(method_name, is_notification, args or kwargs)
  File "/home/osboxes/.homeassistant/deps/jsonrpc_requests/jsonrpc.py", line 37, in send_request
    response = self.request(data=request_body)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 535, in post
    return self.request('POST', url, data=data, json=json, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 474, in request
    prep = self.prepare_request(req)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 407, in prepare_request
    hooks=merge_hooks(request.hooks, self.hooks),
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/requests/models.py", line 306, in prepare
    self.prepare_auth(auth, url)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/requests/models.py", line 527, in prepare_auth
    r = auth(self)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/requests/auth.py", line 68, in __call__
    r.headers['Authorization'] = _basic_auth_str(self.username, self.password)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/requests/auth.py", line 38, in _basic_auth_str
    b64encode(b':'.join((username, password))).strip()
TypeError: sequence item 0: expected a bytes-like object, NoneType found
ERROR:homeassistant.components.media_player:Error while setting up platform kodi

[x140x1n]

I'm having the same problem

[ronvl]

same here

Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/homeassistant/components/media_player/kodi.py", line 59, in setup_platform
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: turn_off_action=config.get(CONF_TURN_OFF_ACTION)),
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/homeassistant/components/media_player/kodi.py", line 80, in __init__
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: self.update()
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/homeassistant/components/media_player/kodi.py", line 114, in update
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: self._players = self._get_players()
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/homeassistant/components/media_player/kodi.py", line 91, in _get_players
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: return self._server.Player.GetActivePlayers()
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: File "/home/pi/.homeassistant/deps/jsonrpc_requests/jsonrpc.py", line 112, in __call__
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: return self.__request_method(self.__method_name, args, kwargs)
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: File "/home/pi/.homeassistant/deps/jsonrpc_requests/jsonrpc.py", line 96, in __request
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: return self.send_request(method_name, is_notification, args or kwargs)
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: File "/home/pi/.homeassistant/deps/jsonrpc_requests/jsonrpc.py", line 37, in send_request
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: response = self.request(data=request_body)
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 535, in post
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: return self.request('POST', url, data=data, json=json, **kwargs)
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 474, in request
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: prep = self.prepare_request(req)
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 407, in prepare_request
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: hooks=merge_hooks(request.hooks, self.hooks),
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/models.py", line 306, in prepare
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: self.prepare_auth(auth, url)
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/models.py", line 527, in prepare_auth
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: r = auth(self)
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/auth.py", line 68, in __call__
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: r.headers['Authorization'] = _basic_auth_str(self.username, self.password)
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/requests/auth.py", line 38, in _basic_auth_str
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: b64encode(b':'.join((username, password))).strip()
Dec 02 15:16:44 raspberrypi hass[303]: TypeError: sequence item 0: expected bytes, bytearray, or an object with the buffer interface, NoneType found

[simpat1zq]

When we run a pip3 install --upgrade homeassistant, what other stuff is getting upgraded besides HA? I'm pretty sure the problem lies in there as downgrading doesn't fix it(since downgrading probably only downgrades the HA version).

[lwis]

This is due to a bug in requests - rolling back to 2.12.1 resolves it for me.

[ronvl]

@Iwis can you explain what you mean with rollback to 2.12.1? What do we need to rollback?

[lwis]

@ronvl pip uninstall requests && pip install requests==2.12.1

[ronvl]

Thanks!!! That did the trick!!!

[simpat1zq]

@lwis Aweseme. That fixed it for me as well. So do I leave this issue open or should I close it?

[mf-social]

Fixed here too.

@simpat1zq - I guess leave open until manual fix is not required?

[simpat1zq]

Sounds good. I'll wait.

[Spartan-II-117]

This is still a problem in 34.2

[Spartan-II-117]

@lwis do you know what's prompting the update, all i see in the kodi platform is jsonrpc-requests==0.3

[lwis]

@Spartan-II-117 jsonrpc-requests depends on requests.

[balloob]

I have a fix for it here https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/4770, can anyone try it?

[Spartan-II-117]

Is there a way to try it from within Docker?

[geirra]

@balloob fix #4770 fixes the problem for me atleast.

[marijngiesen]

@balloob #4770 fixes it for me too