Urgent board permissions

This adds a feature for Urgent board permissions where you can limit who can post to the urgent board via a list in config.ini

command_handlers.py

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def handle_bb_steps(sender_id, message, step, state, interface, bbs_nodes):
         if message.lower() == 'e':
             handle_help_command(sender_id, interface, 'bbs')
             return
-        board_name = state['board']
+        board_name = boards[int(message)]
         response = f"What would you like to do in the {board_name} board?\n[R]ead  [P]ost"
         send_message(response, sender_id, interface)
         update_user_state(sender_id, {'command': 'BULLETIN_ACTION', 'step': 2, 'board': board_name})
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ def handle_bb_steps(sender_id, message, step, state, interface, bbs_nodes):
                 send_message(f"No bulletins in {board_name}.", sender_id, interface)
                 handle_bb_steps(sender_id, 'e', 1, state, interface, bbs_nodes)
         elif message.lower() == 'p':
+            if board_name.lower() == 'urgent':
+                node_id = get_node_id_from_num(sender_id, interface)
+                allowed_nodes = interface.allowed_nodes
+                if allowed_nodes and node_id not in allowed_nodes:
+                    send_message("You don't have permission to post to this board.", sender_id, interface)
+                    return
             send_message("What is the subject of your bulletin? Keep it short.", sender_id, interface)
             update_user_state(sender_id, {'command': 'BULLETIN_POST', 'step': 4, 'board': board_name})
 
@@ -182,7 +188,6 @@ def handle_bb_steps(sender_id, message, step, state, interface, bbs_nodes):
             update_user_state(sender_id, state)
 
 
-
 def handle_mail_steps(sender_id, message, step, state, interface, bbs_nodes):
     if step == 1:
         choice = message.lower()

config_init.py

@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ def merge_config(system_config:dict[str, Any], args:argparse.Namespace) -> dict[
     
     return system_config
 
-def initialize_config(config_file:str = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """Function reads and parses system configuration file
+
+def initialize_config(config_file: str = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """
+    Function reads and parses system configuration file
 
     Returns a dict with the following entries:
     config - parsed config file
@@ -110,11 +112,25 @@ def initialize_config(config_file:str = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
     if bbs_nodes == ['']:
         bbs_nodes = []
 
-    return {'config':config, 'interface_type': interface_type, 'hostname': hostname, 'port': port, 'bbs_nodes': bbs_nodes, 'mqtt_topic': 'meshtastic.receive'}
+    allowed_nodes = config.get('allow_list', 'allowed_nodes', fallback='').split(',')
+    if allowed_nodes == ['']:
+        allowed_nodes = []
+
+    return {
+        'config': config,
+        'interface_type': interface_type,
+        'hostname': hostname,
+        'port': port,
+        'bbs_nodes': bbs_nodes,
+        'allowed_nodes': allowed_nodes,
+        'mqtt_topic': 'meshtastic.receive'
+    }
+
 
 
 def get_interface(system_config:dict[str, Any]) -> meshtastic.stream_interface.StreamInterface:
-    """Function opens and returns an instance meshtastic interface of type specified by the configuration
+    """
+    Function opens and returns an instance meshtastic interface of type specified by the configuration
     
     Function creates and returns an instance of a class inheriting from meshtastic.stream_interface.StreamInterface.
     The type of the class depends on the type of the interface specified by the system configuration.

server.py

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ Meshtastic Version
 
 def main():
     display_banner()
-    # config, interface_type, hostname, port, bbs_nodes = initialize_config()
     args = init_cli_parser()
     config_file = None
     if args.config is not None:
@@ -48,10 +47,9 @@ def main():
 
     merge_config(system_config, args)
 
-    # print(f"{system_config=}")
-    
     interface = get_interface(system_config)
     interface.bbs_nodes = system_config['bbs_nodes']
+    interface.allowed_nodes = system_config['allowed_nodes']
 
     logging.info(f"TC²-BBS is running on {system_config['interface_type']} interface...")