labels plugin: handle setting a label to None

electrum/plugins/labels/labels.py

@@ -65,12 +65,17 @@ class LabelsPlugin(BasePlugin):
             return
         if not item:
             return
+        if label is None:
+            # note: the server does not know whether a label is empty
+            label = ''
         nonce = self.get_nonce(wallet)
         wallet_id = self.wallets[wallet][2]
-        bundle = {"walletId": wallet_id,
+        bundle = {
+            "walletId": wallet_id,
             "walletNonce": nonce,
             "externalId": self.encode(wallet, item),
-                  "encryptedLabel": self.encode(wallet, label)}
+            "encryptedLabel": self.encode(wallet, label)
+        }
         asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(self.do_post_safe("/label", bundle), wallet.network.asyncio_loop)
         # Caller will write the wallet
         self.set_nonce(wallet, nonce + 1)
@@ -145,6 +150,7 @@ class LabelsPlugin(BasePlugin):
             except:
                 self.logger.info(f'error: no json {key}')
                 continue
+            if value:
                 result[key] = value
 
         for key, value in result.items():