add pics and update local data source

Author: isaacwellish

PyPortal_on_this_day/code.py

@@ -1,39 +1,36 @@
 import random
 import board
-import adafruit_pyportal
+import time
+from adafruit_pyportal import PyPortal
 
 cwd = ("/"+__file__).rsplit('/', 1)[0] # the current working directory (where this file is)
 
 DAY = ["Day of the year"]
 PERSON = ["Person"]
 NOTABLE = ["Notable for"]
-YEAR = ["year"]
+YEAR = ["Year"]
 ACCOMPLISH = ["Accomplishment"]
 WEB = ["Web Reference"]
 
-DATA = Fake_Requests(cwd+"/jan1_history_json.py")
+DATA = cwd+"/local.txt"
 
 # create pyportal object w no data source (we'll feed it text later)
 pyportal = PyPortal(url = DATA,
                     json_path = (DAY, PERSON, NOTABLE, YEAR, ACCOMPLISH, WEB),
                     status_neopixel = board.NEOPIXEL,
-                    default_bg = None,
+                    default_bg = cwd + "/mary_jan1.bmp",
                     text_font = cwd+"fonts/Arial-ItalicMT-17.bdf",
-                    text_position=((5, 10), (5, 50), (5, 90),(5, 130), (5, 170), (5, 210)),
+                    text_position=((10, 70), (10, 100), (10, 130),(60, 160), (105, 190), (10, 220)),
                     text_color=(0xFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFF),
                     text_maxlen=(50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50), # cut off characters
                    )
 
-pyportal.set_text("loading ...") # display while user waits
-pyportal.preload_font() # speed things up by preloading font
-pyportal.set_text("What happened today in history?") # show title
-
 while True:
-    if pyportal.touchscreen.touch_point:
-        while True:
-            response = None
-            try:
-                response = pyportal.fetch()
-                print("Response is", response)
-            except RuntimeError as e:
-                print("Some error occured, retrying! -", e)
+    response = None
+    try:
+        response = pyportal.fetch()
+        print("Response is", response)
+    except RuntimeError as e:
+        print("Some error occured, retrying! -", e)
+
+    time.sleep(60)

PyPortal_on_this_day/jan1_history_json.py PyPortal_on_this_day/local.txtPyPortal_on_this_day/jan1_history_json.py renamed to PyPortal_on_this_day/local.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
     "Day of the year":"January 1",
     "Person":"Mary Acworth Evershed",
-    "Notable for":"Astronomer, Scholor, born",
+    "Notable for":"Astronomer, Scholar",
     "Year":"1867",
     "Accomplishment":"Solar Eclipse documentation",
-    "Web Reference": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Acworth_Evershed",
+    "Web Reference": "wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Acworth_Evershed",
 }