date and requests updates

Author: isaacwellish

PyPortal_on_this_day/code.py

@@ -18,25 +18,48 @@
 ACCOMPLISH = ["Accomplishment"]
 WEB = ["Web Reference"]
 
-DATA = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adafruit/OTD/master/electronics/01_01.json"
+BASE_DATA = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adafruit/OTD/master/electronics/"
+# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adafruit/OTD/master/electronics/01_01.json
+
+# a function that returns whatever is passed in
+def identity(x):
+    return x
 
 # create pyportal object w no data source (we'll feed it text later)
-pyportal = PyPortal(url = DATA,
+pyportal = PyPortal(url = BASE_DATA, debug=True,
                     json_path = (DAY, PERSON, NOTABLE, YEAR, ACCOMPLISH, WEB),
                     status_neopixel = board.NEOPIXEL,
                     default_bg = cwd + "/on_this_day_bg.bmp",
                     text_font = cwd+"fonts/Arial-ItalicMT-17.bdf",
+                    text_transform = [identity]*6,  # we do this so the date doesnt get commas
                     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
                    )
 
 while True:
+    try:
+        print("Getting time from internet!")
+        pyportal.get_local_time()
+        refresh_time = time.monotonic()
+    except RuntimeError as e:
+        print("Some error occured, retrying! -", e)
+        continue
+
+    now = time.localtime()
+    print("Current time:", now)
+    url = BASE_DATA+"%02d_%02d.json" % (now.tm_mon, now.tm_mday)
+    print(url)
     response = None
     try:
-        response = pyportal.fetch()
+        response = pyportal.fetch(url)
         print("Response is", response)
     except RuntimeError as e:
         print("Some error occured, retrying! -", e)
 
-    time.sleep(60)
+    # Make a QR code from web reference
+    pyportal.show_QR(bytearray(response[5]), qr_size=3,
+                     x=220, y=10)
+
+    # wait 10 minutes before running again
+    time.sleep(10*60)