Add typing to send_chan_message with test

src/meshcore/commands/messaging.py

@@ -141,17 +141,27 @@ class MessagingCommands(CommandHandlerBase):
     
         return None if res is None else result
 
-    async def send_chan_msg(self, chan, msg, timestamp=None) -> Event:
+    async def send_chan_msg(self, chan: int, msg: str, timestamp: Optional[int|bytes] = None) -> Event:
         logger.debug(f"Sending channel message to channel {chan}: {msg}")
 
-        # Default to current time if timestamp not provided
         if timestamp is None:
+            # Default to current time if timestamp not provided
             import time
-
+            timestamp_bytes = int(time.time()).to_bytes(4, "little")
-            timestamp = int(time.time()).to_bytes(4, "little")
+        elif isinstance(timestamp, int):
+            timestamp_bytes = timestamp.to_bytes(4, "little")
+        elif isinstance(timestamp, bytes) and len(timestamp) == 4:
+            # expected bytes format
+            timestamp_bytes = timestamp
+        else:
+            if isinstance(timestamp, bytes):
+                logger.error(f"Invalid timestamp format: got bytes of length {len(timestamp)} but expected bytes of length 4")
+            else:
+                logger.error(f"Invalid timestamp format: got {type(timestamp)} but expected int or 4 bytes")
+            return Event(EventType.ERROR, {"reason": "invalid_timestamp_format"})
 
         data = (
-            b"\x03\x00" + chan.to_bytes(1, "little") + timestamp + msg.encode("utf-8")
+            b"\x03\x00" + chan.to_bytes(1, "little") + timestamp_bytes + msg.encode("utf-8")
         )
         return await self.send(data, [EventType.OK, EventType.ERROR])
 

tests/unit/test_commands.py

@@ -318,3 +318,26 @@ async def test_set_channel(command_handler, mock_connection):
 async def test_set_channel_invalid_secret_length(command_handler):
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Channel secret must be exactly 16 bytes"):
         await command_handler.set_channel(1, "Test", b"tooshort")
+
+
+async def test_send_chan_msg_with_str_timestamp(command_handler, mock_connection):
+    ts = 1620000000
+    await command_handler.send_chan_msg(3, "world", timestamp=ts)
+    data = mock_connection.send.call_args[0][0]
+    assert data.startswith(b"\x03\x00\x03")
+    assert b"world" in data
+    assert data[3:7] == ts.to_bytes(4, "little")
+
+async def test_send_chan_msg_with_bytes_timestamp(command_handler, mock_connection):
+    ts = 1620000000
+    await command_handler.send_chan_msg(3, "world", timestamp=ts.to_bytes(4, "little"))
+    data = mock_connection.send.call_args[0][0]
+    assert data.startswith(b"\x03\x00\x03")
+    assert b"world" in data
+    assert data[3:7] == ts.to_bytes(4, "little")
+
+async def test_send_chan_msg_with_invalid_timestamp(command_handler, mock_connection):
+    result = await command_handler.send_chan_msg(3, "world", timestamp=b"00")
+
+    assert result.type == EventType.ERROR
+    assert result.payload["reason"] == "invalid_timestamp_format"