feature titles added

api_caller.py

@@ -250,15 +250,18 @@ def updateCrypto():
 
 
 def updateNews():
-    
+    max_per_cat = 10
     try:
         try:
             #load user settings
-         
+            headlines = []
             settings = json.load(open('csv/news_settings.json', 'r'))
         
-            print(settings)
+            for setting in settings:
-            headlines = newsapi.get_top_headlines(**settings)
+                h = newsapi.get_top_headlines(**setting)
+                if len(h) > max_per_cat:
+                    h = h[0:max_per_cat]
+                headlines.append(h)
         except:
             #if no settings just get top headlines
             headlines = newsapi.get_top_headlines()
@@ -574,19 +577,20 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     logf = open("log.txt", "w")
     
     t = time.time()
-    
+    '''
     updateStockPrices()
     print('finnhub:',time.time() -t)
     t = time.time()
     updateStockPricesIEX()
     print('iex:', time.time() -t)
     sys.exit()
+    '''
     max_stocks = 200
     max_crypto = 100
     
     newsapi = NewsApiClient(api_key='cf08652bd17647b89aaf469a1a8198a9')
 
-    update_frequencies = {'stocks':2, 'crypto':10, 'news':60, 'weather': 10} #minutes
+    update_frequencies = {'stocks':2, 'crypto':10, 'news':120, 'weather': 10} #minutes
 
     NY_zone = pytz.timezone('America/New_York')
     CET_zone = pytz.timezone('Europe/Berlin')

csv/tickers.csv

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 name,current,opening
-MSFT,271.2101,268.865
+MSFT,270.51,270.69
-NFLX,533.325,533.55
+NFLX,529.11,534.0551
-GOOG,2518.59,2535.45
+GOOG,2509.69,2513.0713

stockTicker.py

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class StockTicker():
         
         
         if (image.mode != "RGB"):
-            raise Exception("Currently, only RGB mode is supported for SetImage(). Please create images with mode 'RGB' or convert first with image = image.convert('RGB'). Pull requests to support more modes natively are also welcome :)")
+            image = image.convert('RGB')
 
         if unsafe:
             #In unsafe mode we directly acceshow to send commands to running python processs the underlying PIL image array
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class StockTicker():
     def updateMultiple(self, options):
 
         for option in options:
-            if option not in ['display_image', 'display_gif']:
+            if option not in ['display_gif']:
                 img = self.functions[option]()
                 img.save('display_images/' + option + '.ppm')
                 
@@ -220,16 +220,16 @@ class StockTicker():
     def scrollFunctionsAnimated(self, options, animation = 'continuous'):
         # scrolls trhough all functions with animation. Updates functions and remakes images when each function not being dispplayed 
         
-        self.updateMultiple([options[0]])
+        self.updateMultiple(options)
+        
         
-        print('done update')
         kill = False 
         i = 0 # keep track of which image we are displaying
         while True:
             
             update_process = Process(target = self.updateMultiple, args = ([options[(i+1) % len(options)]],))
             update_process.start()
-            print('display_images/' + options[i % len(options)] +'.ppm')
+            
         
             image = self.openImage('display_images/' + options[i % len(options)] +'.ppm')
             
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class StockTicker():
             frame = 0
             
             
-            pause_frames = int(1/self.delay)
+            pause_frames = int(0.5/self.delay)
             if animation == 'up':
                 offset_y = 33
                 
@@ -281,13 +281,13 @@ class StockTicker():
                     
                 while pause_frames > 0:
                     if pause_frames%frames == 0:
-                        print(frame)
+                        
                         try:
                             
                             image.seek(frame)
                             
                         except EOFError:
-                            print('finished')
+                    
                             frame = 0
                             image.seek(frame)
                         frame +=1
@@ -305,13 +305,13 @@ class StockTicker():
                 while offset_y < 0:
                         # for animation in gifs
                     if offset_y%frames == 0:
-                        print(frame)
+                      
                         try:
                             
                             image.seek(frame)
                             
                         except EOFError:
-                            print('finished')
+                            
                             frame = 0
                             image.seek(frame)
                         frame +=1
@@ -327,13 +327,13 @@ class StockTicker():
                 
                 while pause_frames > 0:
                     if pause_frames%frames == 0:
-                        print(frame)
+                  
                         try:
                             
                             image.seek(frame)
                             
                         except EOFError:
-                            print('finished')
+                     
                             frame = 0
                             image.seek(frame)
                         frame +=1
@@ -350,13 +350,13 @@ class StockTicker():
                 
                 # for animation in gifs
                 if offset_x%frames == 0:
-                    print(frame)
+            
                     try:
                         
                         image.seek(frame)
                         
                     except EOFError:
-                        print('finished')
+                   
                         frame = 0
                         image.seek(frame)
                     frame +=1
@@ -421,12 +421,13 @@ class StockTicker():
         text, r, g, b = next(CSV)
         
         f.close()
-
+        
+        title_img = self.openImage('feature_titles/message.png')
  
         font = ImageFont.load("./fonts/texgyre-27.pil")
         
         img = self.textImage(text, font, int(r), int(g), int(b), True, w_buff = 50)
-        return img
+        return self.stitchImage([title_img, img])
 
     def displayGIF(self, gif):
         # To iterate through the entire gif
@@ -573,8 +574,8 @@ class StockTicker():
     
     
     def getCryptoImage(self):
-        font = ImageFont.load("./fonts/texgyre-27.pil")
+       
-        title_img = self.textImage('CRYPTO', font, matrix_height = True)
+        title_img = self.openImage('feature_titles/crypto.png')
         image_list = [title_img]
         image_list.append(self.blank)
         
@@ -624,8 +625,7 @@ class StockTicker():
         return finalDisplayImage
     
     def getForexImage(self):
-        font = ImageFont.load("./fonts/texgyre-27.pil")
+        title_img = self.openImage('feature_titles/forex.png')
-        title_img = self.textImage('FOREX', font, matrix_height = True)
         image_list = [title_img]
         image_list.append(self.blank)
         
@@ -685,8 +685,7 @@ class StockTicker():
         return finalDisplayImage
     #Connect all the pieces togeather creating 1 long final stock image
     def getStockImage(self):
-        font = ImageFont.load("./fonts/texgyre-27.pil")
+        title_img = self.openImage('feature_titles/stocks.png')
-        title_img = self.textImage('STOCKS', font, matrix_height = True)
         image_list = [title_img]
         image_list.append(self.blank)
         
@@ -731,8 +730,8 @@ class StockTicker():
         
     
     def getNewsImage(self):
-        font = ImageFont.load("./fonts/texgyre-27.pil")
+        
-        title_img = self.textImage('NEWS', font, matrix_height = True)
+        title_img = self.openImage('feature_titles/news.png')
         
         
         
@@ -762,6 +761,8 @@ class StockTicker():
             headline = headline.replace("‘", "'")
             headline = headline.replace('“', '"')
             headline = headline.replace('”', '"')
+            headline = headline.replace('—', '-')
+            headline = headline.replace('–', '-')
             
             headline_img = self.textImage(headline, headline_font, matrix_height = True)
             source_img = self.textImage(source_date_times[i], source_font, r=255, g=255, b=0, matrix_height = True)
@@ -994,7 +995,8 @@ class StockTicker():
         f.close()
         
         
-        imgs = []
+        title_img = self.openImage('feature_titles/weather.png')
+        imgs = [title_img]
         for location in locations:
             img = Image.new('RGB', (200, 32))
             
@@ -1091,10 +1093,9 @@ class StockTicker():
             
             imgs.append(img)
             
-        font = ImageFont.load("./fonts/texgyre-27.pil")
+       
-        title_img = self.textImage('WEATHER', font, matrix_height = True)
         
-        return self.stitchImage([title_img] + imgs)
+        return self.stitchImage(imgs)
         
     def getDailyWeatherImageAlt(self):
         
@@ -1246,8 +1247,8 @@ class StockTicker():
         locations = line.split(',')
         f.close()
         
-        
+        title_img = self.openImage('feature_titles/weather.png')
-        imgs = []
+        imgs = [title_img]
         
         for location in locations:
             img = Image.new('RGB', (1000, 32))
@@ -1419,10 +1420,10 @@ class StockTicker():
             img1 = img.crop((0,0,x_offset ,32))
             imgs.append(img1)
             # add the image text 
-        font = ImageFont.load("./fonts/texgyre-27.pil")
-        title_img = self.textImage('WEATHER', font, matrix_height = True)
         
-        return self.stitchImage([title_img] + imgs)
+        
+        
+        return self.stitchImage(imgs)
     
     
     #Retrieve symbols and stock info from the csv file 
@@ -1518,8 +1519,11 @@ class StockTicker():
                 time.sleep(self.delay*1.1)
                 
     def getUserImage(self):
+        
+        title_img = self.openImage('feature_titles/images.png')
+
         image = self.openImage(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'display_images/display_image.ppm'))
-        return image
+        return self.stitchImage([title_img, image])
         
     def getUserGIF(self):
         gif = Image.open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'display_images/display_gif.ppm'))
@@ -1632,7 +1636,7 @@ class StockTicker():
                 
             userSettings = ['display_gif', 'text', 'display_image', 'stocks', 'crypto', 'forex', 'today_weather', 'daily_weather', 'league_table', 'league_games', 'news'] # these wil be read from csv, just for demo
             #userSettings = ['stocks', 'crypto'] # these wil be read from csv, just for demo
-            #userSettings = [ 'forex', 'weather'] # these wil be read from csv, just for demo
+            userSettings = [ 'display_image',  'news'] # these wil be read from csv, just for demo
             
             self.scrollFunctionsAnimated(userSettings, animation = 'down')
             
@@ -1647,7 +1651,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             
             #stock_ticker.process_msg(P')
             #stock_ticker.process_msg('G')
-            #stock_ticker.process_msg('A')
+            #stock_ticker.process_msg('f')
+            stock_ticker.process_msg('A')