quotes display

PyPortal_Quotes/quote.py

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+import time
+import board
+from adafruit_pyportal import PyPortal
+
+# Set up where we'll be fetching data from
+DATA_SOURCE = "https://www.adafruit.com/api/quotes.php"
+QUOTE_LOCATION = [0, 'text']
+AUTHOR_LOCATION = [0, 'author']
+
+cwd = __file__.rsplit('/', 1)[0]
+pyportal = PyPortal(url=DATA_SOURCE,
+                    json_path=(QUOTE_LOCATION, AUTHOR_LOCATION),
+                    status_neopixel=board.NEOPIXEL,
+                    default_bg=cwd+"/quote_background.bmp",
+                    text_font=cwd+"/fonts/Arial-ItalicMT-17.bdf",
+                    text_position=((20, 40),  # quote location
+                                   (5, 190)), # author location
+                    text_color=(0xFFFFFF,  # quote text color
+                                0x8080FF), # author text color
+                    text_wrap=(35, # characters to wrap for quote
+                               0), # no wrap for author
+                    text_maxlen=(180, 30), # max text size for quote & author
+                   )
+
+while True:
+    try:
+        value = pyportal.fetch()
+        print("Response is", value)
+    except RuntimeError as e:
+        print("Some error occured, retrying! -", e)
+    time.sleep(60)