updates to version v0.3.4

README.md

@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ password: root
 database: my_database
 ssl: True  # defaults to True
 verify_ssl: True  # defaults to True
+headers:
+  Host: other-virtual-host.ethz.ch
 ```
 
 `influxdb_config.yaml`:
@@ -67,6 +69,9 @@ verify_ssl: True  # defaults to True
 url: https://database-url.ch
 org: your-org
 token: <influxdb-token>
+verify_ssl: True  # defaults to True
+headers:
+  Host: other-virtual-host.ethz.ch
 ```
 
 `postgres_development.yaml` / `postgres_production.yaml`:

pydase_service_base/database/config.py

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class InfluxDBConfig(BaseConfig):  # type: ignore
     url: str
     org: str
     token: SecretStr
+    verify_ssl: bool = True
+    headers: dict[str, str] = {}  # noqa: RUF012
 
 
 class InfluxDBv1Config(BaseConfig):  # type: ignore
@@ -39,3 +41,4 @@ class InfluxDBv1Config(BaseConfig):  # type: ignore
     database: str
     ssl: bool = True
     verify_ssl: bool = True
+    headers: dict[str, str] = {}  # noqa: RUF012

pydase_service_base/database/influxdb_session.py

@@ -80,12 +80,20 @@ class InfluxDBSession:
         self.url = self._config.url
         self.token = self._config.token.get_secret_value()
         self.org = self._config.org
+        self.headers = self._config.headers
+        self.verify_ssl = self._config.verify_ssl
         self._client: InfluxDBClient
         self._write_api: WriteApi
         self._buckets_api: BucketsApi
 
     def __enter__(self) -> Self:
-        self._client = InfluxDBClient(url=self.url, token=self.token, org=self.org)
+        self._client = InfluxDBClient(
+            url=self.url, token=self.token, org=self.org, verify_ssl=self.verify_ssl
+        )
+
+        for header_name, header_value in self.headers.items():
+            self._client.api_client.set_default_header(header_name, header_value)
+
         self._write_api = self._client.write_api(write_options=SYNCHRONOUS)  # type: ignore
         return self
 

pydase_service_base/database/influxdbv1_session.py

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class InfluxDBv1Session:
         self._database = self._config.database
         self._ssl = self._config.ssl
         self._verify_ssl = self._config.verify_ssl
+        self._headers = self._config.headers
 
     def __enter__(self) -> Self:
         self._client = influxdb.InfluxDBClient(
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ class InfluxDBv1Session:
             database=self._database,
             ssl=self._ssl,
             verify_ssl=self._verify_ssl,
+            headers=self._headers,
         )
         return self
 

pydase_service_base/ionizer_interface/rpc_interface.py

@@ -62,6 +62,60 @@ def update_method_serialization(
     return serialized_object
 
 
+def flatten_obj(
+    obj: SerializedObject,
+) -> SerializedObject:
+    """Flattens container fields in the serialized representation of a service to avoid
+    nested lists and dictionaries, which are not supported by Ionizer.
+
+    Ionizer requires a flat structure where each interactive or displayable element is
+    individually addressable. This function removes intermediate container objects like
+    lists and dicts and promotes their elements to top-level entries using fully
+    qualified access paths (e.g., "my_list[0]" or "my_dict[\"key\"]").
+    """
+
+    obj_copy = copy.deepcopy(obj)
+    if obj["type"] in (
+        "DataService",
+        "Image",
+        "NumberSlider",
+        "DeviceConnection",
+        "Task",
+        "list",
+        "dict",
+    ):
+        obj_copy["value"] = flatten_obj_value(obj["value"])  # type: ignore
+
+    return obj_copy
+
+
+def flatten_obj_value(
+    obj_value: dict[str, SerializedObject],
+) -> dict[str, SerializedObject]:
+    """Recursively flattens the 'value' field of any serialized object if it contains
+    lists or dicts, making each element directly accessible by its full access path.
+
+    This flattening is necessary because Ionizer does not support nested data
+    structures. By converting structures like {"my_list": [...]}, into
+    {"my_list[0]": ..., "my_list[1]": ...}, we make the representation flat and
+    Ionizer-compatible.
+    """
+
+    flattened_obj_value: dict[str, SerializedObject] = {}
+
+    for key, value in obj_value.items():
+        if value["type"] == "list" and isinstance(value["value"], list):
+            for index, item in enumerate(value["value"]):
+                flattened_obj_value[f"{key}[{index}]"] = flatten_obj(item)
+        elif value["type"] == "dict" and isinstance(value["value"], dict):
+            for k, v in value["value"].items():
+                flattened_obj_value[f'{key}["{k}"]'] = flatten_obj(v)
+        else:
+            flattened_obj_value[key] = flatten_obj(value)
+
+    return flattened_obj_value
+
+
 class RPCInterface:
     """RPC interface to be passed to tiqi_rpc.Server to interface with Ionizer."""
 
@@ -79,9 +133,11 @@ class RPCInterface:
         return self._service.__class__.__name__
 
     async def get_props(self) -> SerializedObject:
-        return update_method_serialization(
+        return flatten_obj_value(
+            update_method_serialization(
                 copy.deepcopy(self._service.serialize()["value"])  # type: ignore
             )
+        )
 
     async def get_param(self, full_access_path: str) -> Any:
         """Returns the value of the parameter given by the full_access_path.

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pydase-service-base"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.4"
 description = "Repository storing the code that is common to all pydase services."
 authors = ["Mose Mueller <mosmuell@ethz.ch>"]
 license = "MIT"