I'm about to cry

api-customer/app.py

@@ -32,17 +32,44 @@ message_controller = MessageController(app, auth_data, "https://192.168.15.120:8
 
 def handle_message_received(topic: str, payload: str):
     try:
-        parsed = json.loads(payload)
+        print("=== MQTT MESSAGE RECEIVED ===", flush=True)
         print("Raw payload:", payload, flush=True)
         print("Payload type:", type(payload), flush=True)
-        print("Parsed payload:", parsed, flush=True)
-        print(payload, flush=True)
+
+        data = json.loads(payload)
+        print("Parsed payload:", data, flush=True)
 
         url = "https://192.168.15.125:1880/message/receive"
-        response = requests.post(url, json=json.dumps({"payload" : payload}), verify=False)
-        print(response.json(), flush=True)
+
+        response = requests.post(
+            url,
+            json=data,
+            verify=False,
+            timeout=5
+        )
+
+        print("=== NODE-RED RESPONSE ===", flush=True)
+        print("Status code:", response.status_code, flush=True)
+        print("Headers:", response.headers, flush=True)
+        print("Raw response:", repr(response.text), flush=True)
+
+        if response.text.strip():
+            content_type = response.headers.get("Content-Type", "")
+            if content_type.startswith("application/json"):
+                print("Response JSON:", response.json(), flush=True)
+            else:
+                print("Response is not JSON", flush=True)
+        else:
+            print("Node-RED returned an empty response body", flush=True)
+
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+        print("Incoming payload is NOT valid JSON:", e, flush=True)
+
+    except requests.RequestException as e:
+        print("HTTP request to Node-RED failed:", e, flush=True)
+
     except Exception as e:
-        print("Payload is NOT valid JSON:", e, flush=True)
+        print("Unexpected error:", e, flush=True)
 
 def start_mqtt(data : AuthData):
     client_id = data.get_client_id()