watch_prefix better implementation

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 __pycache__/
+.idea

etcd_wrapper.py

@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 import etcd3
 import json
-import signal
-import threading
-import time
 import queue
+import copy
 
 from collections import namedtuple
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from datetime import datetime
-from os import path
 
 PseudoEtcdMeta = namedtuple("PseudoEtcdMeta", ["key"])
 
@@ -21,7 +17,10 @@ class EtcdEntry:
         self.value = value.decode("utf-8")
         
         if value_in_json:
+            try:
                 self.value = json.loads(self.value)
+            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+                print(f"Json Error: {e}, value={value}")
 
     key: str
     value: str
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ class Etcd3Wrapper(object):
     
     def get(self, *args, value_in_json=False, **kwargs):   
         _value, _key = self.client.get(*args, **kwargs)
-        if _key is None:
+        if _key is None or _value is None:
             return None
         return EtcdEntry(_key, _value, value_in_json=value_in_json)
     
@@ -50,52 +49,34 @@ class Etcd3Wrapper(object):
     def get_prefix(self, *args, value_in_json=False, **kwargs):
         r = self.client.get_prefix(*args, **kwargs)
         for entry in r:
-            yield EtcdEntry(*entry[::-1], value_in_json=value_in_json)
+            e = EtcdEntry(*entry[::-1], value_in_json=value_in_json)
+            if e.value:
+                yield e
 
-    # def watch_prefix(self, *args, timeout=0, value_in_json=False, **kwargs):
-    #     def raise_timeout(signum, frame):
-    #         raise TimeoutError("timeout")
+    def watch_prefix(self, key, timeout=0, value_in_json=False):
+        timeout_event = EtcdEntry(PseudoEtcdMeta(key=b"TIMEOUT"),
+                                  value=str.encode(json.dumps({"status": "TIMEOUT",
+                                                               "type": "TIMEOUT"})),
+                                  value_in_json=value_in_json)
 
-    #     r, _ = self.client.watch_prefix(*args, **kwargs)
+        event_queue = queue.Queue()
 
-    #     if timeout > 0:
-    #         signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, raise_timeout)
+        def add_event_to_queue(event):
+            for e in event.events:
+                if e.value:
+                    event_queue.put(EtcdEntry(e, e.value, value_in_json=value_in_json))
 
-    #     while True:
-    #         try:
-    #             signal.alarm(timeout)
-
-    #             for event in r:
-    #                 signal.alarm(0)
-    #                 if event.value:
-    #                     event = EtcdEntry(event, event.value, value_in_json=value_in_json)
-    #                     signal.alarm(timeout)
-    #                     yield event
-    #                 else:
-    #                     signal.alarm(timeout)
-    #         except TimeoutError:
-    #             _value = {"status": "TIMEOUT"}
-    #             yield EtcdEntry(PseudoEtcdMeta(key=b"TIMEOUT"), value=str.encode(json.dumps(_value)))
-
-    def watch_prefix(self, key_prefix, timeout,
-                     value_in_json=False, **kwargs):
-        q = queue.Queue()
-        r, _ = self.client.watch_prefix(key_prefix, **kwargs)
-        t = threading.Thread(target=watch_prefix_generator,
-                             args=(value_in_json, r, q))
-        t.start()
+        self.client.add_watch_prefix_callback(key, add_event_to_queue)
 
         while True:
             try:
-                v = q.get(timeout=timeout)
+                while True:
+                    v = event_queue.get(timeout=timeout)
                     yield v
             except queue.Empty:
-                _value = {"status": "TIMEOUT"}
-                e = EtcdEntry(PseudoEtcdMeta(key=b"TIMEOUT"), value=str.encode(json.dumps(_value)))
-                yield e
+                event_queue.put(copy.deepcopy(timeout_event))
 
-def watch_prefix_generator(value_in_json, generator, q):
-    for event in generator:
-        if event.value:
-            event = EtcdEntry(event, event.value)
-            q.put(event)        
+
+class PsuedoEtcdEntry(EtcdEntry):
+    def __init__(self, key, value, value_in_json=False):
+        super().__init__(PseudoEtcdMeta(key=key.encode("utf-8")), value, value_in_json=value_in_json)