From 02078080a841d981eb30169e0a2fc8694b4169a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Trocolli <pitok236@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 22:12:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] index: additional logging for malformed return data

---
 index.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/index.py b/index.py
index 6992ebb..c75486d 100644
--- a/index.py
+++ b/index.py
@@ -160,9 +160,16 @@ class HttpDispatcher(resource.Resource):
 
         if type(ret) == str:
             return ret.encode()
-        elif type(ret) == bytes:
+        
+        elif type(ret) == bytes or type(ret) == tuple: # allow for bytes or tuple (data, response code) responses
             return ret
+        
+        elif ret is None:
+            self.logger.warn(f"None returned by controller for {request.uri.decode()} endpoint")
+            return b""
+        
         else:
+            self.logger.warn(f"Unknown data type returned by controller for {request.uri.decode()} endpoint")
             return b""