crypto database update, initial feature settings

database_caller.py

@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ def updateStocks(api_key):
         url += '&apiKey=' + api_key
         response = requests.get(url)
         data = response.json()
-       
+        print(response)
+        print(data)
             
         stock_info = {}
         
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ def updateStocks(api_key):
         json.dump(all_stocks_settings, open('csv/stocks_settings.json', 'w+'))
         
     except Exception as e:
-        
+    
         exc_type, exc_obj, exc_tb = sys.exc_info()
         fname = os.path.split(exc_tb.tb_frame.f_code.co_filename)[1]
         logf.write(str(e))
@@ -120,9 +121,13 @@ def updateCrypto(api_key):
         print(data)
     
         
-        
+        coin_info = {}
         for i,d in enumerate(data): #TODO get base from the server 
-            coin_info[symbol_base[i]] = {'current': d['price'], '24hr_change': d['percent_over_24hr']}
+            
+            symbol = d['symbol']
+            base = d['currency']
+            
+            coin_info[symbol.upper() + ',' + base.upper()] = {'current': d['price'], '24hr_change': d['percent_over_24hr']}
            
         all_crypto_settings['symbols'] = coin_info
         
@@ -545,7 +550,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     
     
 
-    update_frequencies = {'stocks':1, 'crypto':5, 'forex':60, 'news':120, 'weather': 120, 'sports': 120} #minutes
+    update_frequencies = {'stocks':1, 'crypto':5, 'forex':60, 'news':120, 'weather': 120, 'sports': 1440} #minutes
 
     NY_zone = pytz.timezone('America/New_York')
     CET_zone = pytz.timezone('Europe/Berlin')

stockTicker.py

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class StockTicker():
         options.chain_length = 2
         options.parallel = 1
         options.hardware_mapping = 'adafruit-hat' # If you have an Adafruit HAT: 'adafruit-hat'
-        options.gpio_slowdown = 1
+        options.gpio_slowdown = 4
         options.brightness = self.brightness
         self.matrix = RGBMatrix(options = options)
         print(dir(self.matrix))
@@ -931,9 +931,6 @@ class StockTicker():
                 current = float(coin_info[cb]["current"])
                 change = float(coin_info[cb]["24hr_change"])
                 
-      
-                
-                
                 percent_change = '%.2f' % abs(change) +'%'