from urllib import urequest import gc import qrcode # Uncomment one URL to use (Top Stories, World News and technology) # URL = "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml" # URL = "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml" URL = "https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml" # Length of time between updates in minutes. # Frequent updates will reduce battery life! UPDATE_INTERVAL = 90 graphics = None WIDTH = None HEIGHT = None code = qrcode.QRCode() def read_until(stream, char): result = b"" while True: c = stream.read(1) if c == char: return result result += c def discard_until(stream, c): while stream.read(1) != c: pass def parse_xml_stream(s, accept_tags, group_by, max_items=3): tag = [] text = b"" count = 0 current = {} while True: char = s.read(1) if len(char) == 0: break if char == b"<": next_char = s.read(1) # Discard stuff like ") continue # Detect ") # Discard ]> gc.collect() elif next_char == b"/": current_tag = read_until(s, b">") top_tag = tag[-1] # Populate our result dict if top_tag in accept_tags: current[top_tag.decode("utf-8")] = text.decode("utf-8") # If we've found a group of items, yield the dict elif top_tag == group_by: yield current current = {} count += 1 if count == max_items: return tag.pop() text = b"" gc.collect() continue else: current_tag = read_until(s, b">") tag += [next_char + current_tag.split(b" ")[0]] text = b"" gc.collect() else: text += char def measure_qr_code(size, code): w, h = code.get_size() module_size = int(size / w) return module_size * w, module_size def draw_qr_code(ox, oy, size, code): size, module_size = measure_qr_code(size, code) graphics.set_pen(1) graphics.rectangle(ox, oy, size, size) graphics.set_pen(0) for x in range(size): for y in range(size): if code.get_module(x, y): graphics.rectangle(ox + x * module_size, oy + y * module_size, module_size, module_size) # A function to get the data from an RSS Feed, this in case BBC News. def get_rss(): try: stream = urequest.urlopen(URL) output = list(parse_xml_stream(stream, [b"title", b"description", b"guid", b"pubDate"], b"item")) return output except OSError as e: print(e) return False feed = None def update(): global feed # Gets Feed Data feed = get_rss() def draw(): global feed graphics.set_font("bitmap8") # Clear the screen graphics.set_pen(1) graphics.clear() graphics.set_pen(0) # Draws 2 articles from the feed if they're available. if feed: # Title graphics.set_pen(graphics.create_pen(200, 0, 0)) graphics.rectangle(0, 0, WIDTH, 40) graphics.set_pen(1) graphics.text("Headlines from BBC News:", 10, 10, 320, 3) graphics.set_pen(4) graphics.text(feed[0]["title"], 10, 70, WIDTH - 150, 3 if graphics.measure_text(feed[0]["title"]) < WIDTH else 2) graphics.text(feed[1]["title"], 130, 260, WIDTH - 140, 3 if graphics.measure_text(feed[1]["title"]) < WIDTH else 2) graphics.set_pen(3) graphics.text(feed[0]["description"], 10, 135 if graphics.measure_text(feed[0]["title"]) < 650 else 90, WIDTH - 150, 2) graphics.text(feed[1]["description"], 130, 320 if graphics.measure_text(feed[1]["title"]) < 650 else 230, WIDTH - 145, 2) graphics.line(10, 215, WIDTH - 10, 215) code.set_text(feed[0]["guid"]) draw_qr_code(WIDTH - 110, 65, 100, code) code.set_text(feed[1]["guid"]) draw_qr_code(10, 265, 100, code) graphics.set_pen(graphics.create_pen(200, 0, 0)) graphics.rectangle(0, HEIGHT - 20, WIDTH, 20) else: graphics.set_pen(4) graphics.rectangle(0, (HEIGHT // 2) - 20, WIDTH, 40) graphics.set_pen(1) graphics.text("Unable to display news feed!", 5, (HEIGHT // 2) - 15, WIDTH, 2) graphics.text("Check your network settings in secrets.py", 5, (HEIGHT // 2) + 2, WIDTH, 2) graphics.update()