Cannot set StelCore.currentTimeZone via RemoteControl API

[DrRichardDaystrom]

Greetings! I am trying to set the StelCore.currentTimeZone property from a Python script using the RemoteControl plugin API.

I would expect the following code, using stelproperty/set, to do the trick but it does not work ...

import requests

# specify URL to Stellarium RemoteControl API
url_stellarium = 'http://localhost:8090/api/'

# set time zone ... this DOESN'T work
params_tz = {'id':'StelCore.currentTimeZone', 'value':'LTST'}
response = requests.post(url_stellarium + 'stelproperty/set')

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? The response.status_code is 200, indicating that it worked, but the time zone does not change.

I have figured out a workaround using scripts/direct ...

import requests

# specify URL to Stellarium RemoteControl API
url_stellarium = 'http://localhost:8090/api/'

# set time zone ... this DOES work
params_direct = {'code': 'core.setTimezone(\"LTST\")'}
response = requests.post(url_stellarium + 'scripts/direct', data = params_direct)

While I am happy that I have a working method, I feel like I am not understanding how to use stelproperty/set correctly.

Any insight as to how to do this the "right" way would be sincerely appreciated.

[10110111]

Where do you pass params_tz? In your code it's only defined but not passed.

[DrRichardDaystrom]

Thank you, kind stranger - that was exactly the problem. I wasn't passing params_tz in the POST request.

For those following along at home, here is the corrected code using stelproperty/set ...

import requests

# specify URL to Stellarium RemoteControl API
url_stellarium = 'http://localhost:8090/api/'

# set time zone ... this DOESN'T work
params_tz = {'id':'StelCore.currentTimeZone', 'value':'LTST'}
response = requests.post(url_stellarium + 'stelproperty/set', data = params_tz)

Thanks again for finding my bug. It seems stupid in retrospect but most bugs do.