Publish automatically converts most types now

SpiderMQTT.py

@@ -348,11 +348,15 @@ class SpiderMQTT:
   def isConnected(self):
     return self.connected
 
-  def publish(self, topic, payload=None, qos=0, retain=False):
+  def publish(self, topic, payload=None, qos=0, retain=False, prettyPrintYAML=False):
     if type(payload) is str:
-      pl = message.encode('utf-8')
+      pl = payload.encode('utf-8')
+    elif type(payload) in [bool, int, float, complex]:
+      pl = str(payload).encode('utf-8')
+    elif type(payload) in [list, set, dict]:
+      pl = yaml.dump(payload, default_flow_style=not prettyPrintYAML).encode('utf-8')
     else:
-      pl = message
+      pl = payload
 
     if self.isConnected():
       self.mqtt.publish(topic, pl, qos, retain)