47 lines
1.8 KiB
Python
47 lines
1.8 KiB
Python
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This example will access the twitter follow button API, grab a number like
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the number of followers... and display it on a screen!
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if you can find something that spits out JSON data, we can display it
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"""
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import time
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import board
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from adafruit_pyportal import PyPortal
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# Change this to your twitter username!
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TWITTER_NAME = "adafruit"
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# Set up where we'll be fetching data from
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DATA_SOURCE = "https://cdn.syndication.twimg.com/widgets/followbutton/info.json?screen_names="+TWITTER_NAME # pylint: disable=line-too-long
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DATA_LOCATION = [0, "followers_count"]
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# the current working directory (where this file is)
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cwd = ("/"+__file__).rsplit('/', 1)[0]
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# Initialize the pyportal object and let us know what data to fetch and where
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# to display it
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pyportal = PyPortal(url=DATA_SOURCE,
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json_path=DATA_LOCATION,
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status_neopixel=board.NEOPIXEL,
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default_bg=cwd+"/twitter_background.bmp",
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text_font=cwd+"/fonts/Collegiate-50.bdf",
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text_position=(165, 140),
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text_color=0xFFFFFF,
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caption_text="www.twitter.com/"+TWITTER_NAME,
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caption_font=cwd+"/fonts/Collegiate-24.bdf",
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caption_position=(50, 200),
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caption_color=0xFFFFFF,)
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# track the last value so we can play a sound when it updates
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last_value = 0
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while True:
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try:
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value = pyportal.fetch()
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print("Response is", value)
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if last_value < value: # ooh it went up!
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print("New follower!")
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pyportal.play_file(cwd+"/coin.wav") # uncomment make a noise!
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last_value = value
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except (ValueError, RuntimeError) as e:
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print("Some error occured, retrying! -", e)
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time.sleep(60) # wait a minute before getting again
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