From 04cdbd68a15a37f25f8e7fe2b694db290607bc5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Johnston <alan.b.johnston@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:37:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] input return integer not string

Change return type of subprocess result to int and update error handling.
---
 transmit.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/transmit.py b/transmit.py
index e390db0f..67d4c314 100644
--- a/transmit.py
+++ b/transmit.py
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ def input(pin):
 		print(f"Command run was: {query}")
 		print("Sucess!")
 		print(f"Output of the command (stdout): {result}")
-		return result
+		return int(result)
 	except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
 		print(f"Command failed with return code: {e.returncode}")
 		print(f"Command run was: {e.cmd}")
 		print(f"Output of the command (stdout): {e.stdout}")
 		print(f"Error output of the command (stderr): {e.stderr}")
-		return 0
+		return -1
 
 def setup(pin, config):
 	if config == "in" or config == "out" or config == "up" or config == "down":