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PyPortal_AdafruitIO/adafruitio.py

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+"""
+This example will access the adafruit.io API, grab a number like active users
+and io plus subscribers... and display it on a screen
+If you can find something that spits out JSON data, we can display it!
+"""
+import time
+import board
+from adafruit_pyportal import PyPortal
+
+# Get wifi details and more from a settings.py file
+try:
+    from settings import settings
+except ImportError:
+    print("WiFi settings are kept in settings.py, please add them there!")
+    raise
+
+# Set up where we'll be fetching data from
+DATA_SOURCE = "https://io.adafruit.com/api/v2/stats?x-aio-key="+settings['adafruitio_key']
+DATA_LOCATION1 = ["io_plus", "io_plus_subscriptions"]
+DATA_LOCATION2 = ["users", "users_active_30_days"]
+
+cwd = __file__.rsplit('/', 1)[0]
+pyportal = PyPortal(url=DATA_SOURCE,
+                    json_path=(DATA_LOCATION1, DATA_LOCATION2),
+                    status_neopixel=board.NEOPIXEL,
+                    default_bg=cwd+"/adafruitio_background.bmp",
+                    text_font=cwd+"/fonts/Collegiate-24.bdf",
+                    text_position=((165, 145), (165, 178)),
+                    text_color=(0x00FF00, 0x0000FF))
+
+while True:
+    try:
+        value = pyportal.fetch()
+        print("Response is", value)
+    except RuntimeError as e:
+        print("Some error occured, retrying! -", e)
+
+    time.sleep(60)