user choosing options to display working on new frontend

server.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import time
 import json
 from multiprocessing import Process
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+import numpy as np
 #stock_ticker = StockTicker()
 api_caller = pexpect.spawn("sudo -E python3 api_caller.py")
 
@@ -267,8 +268,48 @@ def AddLogo():
             return hello()
     return hello()
 
-@app.route("/matrix", methods=['POST'])
+
+@app.route("/start", methods = ['PUT', 'POST'])
+def start():
+    data = str(request.data)
+  
+    
+    
+    all_settings = ['Stocks', 'Crypto', 'Forex', 'Current Weather', 'Daily Forecast', 'News', 'Sports (Upcoming Games)', 'Sports (Past Games)',
+                    'Sports (Live Games)', 'Sports (Team Stats)', 'Custom Images', 'Custom GIFs', 'Custom Messages']
+    positions = []
+    display_settings = []
+    
+    for setting in all_settings:
+        pos = data.find(setting)
+        if pos != -1:
+            display_settings.append(setting)
+            positions.append(pos)
+            
+    # sort settings by display 
+    inds = np.argsort(positions)
+    display_settings = np.array(display_settings)[inds]
+    
+    with open('csv/display_settings.json', 'w+') as f:
+        json.dump(list(display_settings), f)
+    
+    ticker.sendline('K')
+    ticker.sendline('A')
+    return hello()
+
+@app.route("/stop")
+def stop():
+    ticker.sendline('K')
+    return hello()
+
+@app.route("/shutdown")
+def shutdown():
+    os.system("sudo shutdown now")
+    return hello()
+
+@app.route("/matrix")
 def matrix():
+    
     if "Run Stocks" in request.form:
         ticker.sendline('K')
         ticker.sendline('S')