improved error handling, updated dependency

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "unifi_ap"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "0.0.2"
 authors = [
   { name="Tobias Perschon", email="[email protected]" },
 ]
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "paramiko==3.3.1",
+    "paramiko==3.5.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]

unifi_ap/unifi_ap.py

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 """Communicate with an UniFi accesspoint"""
+
 import json
 import paramiko
 from typing import Any
 
+
 class UniFiAPConnectionException(Exception):
     """Exception indicating problems with the connection to the accespoint"""
 
@@ -68,8 +70,12 @@ def get_ssids(self) -> set | None:
         """Returns all SSIDs from the accesspoint"""
         ap_data = self._fetch_ap_data()
         ssids: set[str] = set()
+
         if self.unifi_ssid_array not in ap_data:
-            return None
+            raise UniFiAPDataException(
+                "device did not return any vap_table data - is it an accesspoint?"
+            )
+
         for vap in ap_data[self.unifi_ssid_array]:
             ssids.add(vap.get("essid"))
 
@@ -81,7 +87,10 @@ def get_clients(self, for_ssids: list | None = None) -> dict | None:
         clients: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
 
         if self.unifi_ssid_array not in ap_data:
-            return None
+            raise UniFiAPDataException(
+                "device did not return any vap_table - is it an accesspoint?"
+            )
+
         for vap in ap_data[self.unifi_ssid_array]:
             if not for_ssids or vap.get("essid") in for_ssids:
                 client_data = vap.get(self.unifi_client_array)