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Author: isaacwellish

Dashblock_API/dashblock_learn.py

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+"""
+Dashblock API Adafruit Learn Guide Count demo
+Isaac Wellish
+"""
+
+import board
+import time
+from adafruit_pyportal import PyPortal
+
+# Get wifi details and more from a secrets.py file
+try:
+    from secrets import secrets
+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://api.dashblock.io/model/v1?api_key=39c755c0-c84e-11e9-8ee0-7bf8836bd560&url=https%3A%2F%2Flearn.adafruit.com%2F&model_id=3rOMRrfFn"
+GUIDE_COUNT = ['entities', 0, 'guide count']
+CAPTION = 'learn.adafruit.com'
+
+# determine the current working directory
+# needed so we know where to find files
+cwd = ("/"+__file__).rsplit('/', 1)[0]
+
+# Initialize the pyportal object and let us know what data to fetch and where
+# to display it
+pyportal = PyPortal(url=DATA_SOURCE,
+                    json_path = (GUIDE_COUNT),
+                    status_neopixel=board.NEOPIXEL,
+                    #default_bg=cwd+"/wordoftheday_background.bmp",
+                    text_font=cwd+"/fonts/Arial-ItalicMT-17.bdf",
+                    text_position=((50, 100)), # definition location
+                    text_color=(0x8080FF),
+                    text_wrap=(0),
+                    text_maxlen=(180), # max text size for word, part of speech and def
+                    caption_text=CAPTION,
+                    caption_font=cwd+"/fonts/Arial-ItalicMT-17.bdf",
+                    caption_position=(50, 220),
+                    caption_color=0xFFFFFF)
+
+print("loading...") # print to repl while waiting for font to load
+pyportal.preload_font() # speed things up by preloading font
+
+while True:
+    try:
+        # pylint: disable=protected-access
+        value = pyportal.fetch()
+        print("Response is", value)
+    except RuntimeError as e:
+        print("Some error occured, retrying! -", e)
+
+    time.sleep(3600) #update every hour