#!/usr/bin/python # Adapted script from Adafruit # Weather forecast for Raspberry Pi w/Adafruit Mini Thermal Printer. # Retrieves data from DarkSky.net's API, prints current conditions and # forecasts for next two days. # weather example using nice bitmaps. # Written by Adafruit Industries. MIT license. # # Required software includes Adafruit_Thermal and PySerial libraries. # Other libraries used are part of stock Python install. # # Resources: # http://www.adafruit.com/products/597 Mini Thermal Receipt Printer # http://www.adafruit.com/products/600 Printer starter pack # Icons taken from http://adamwhitcroft.com/climacons/ from __future__ import print_function from datetime import date from datetime import datetime import calendar import urllib, json import time from escpos.printer import Usb # Adapt to your needs printer = Usb(0x0416, 0x5011, profile="POS-5890") API_KEY = "YOUR API KEY" LAT = "22.345490" # Your Location LONG = "114.189945" # Your Location def forecast_icon(idx): icon = data['daily']['data'][idx]['icon'] if 'clear-day' in icon: image = 'clear-day.png' elif 'clear-night' in icon: image = 'clear-night.png' elif 'partly-cloudy-day' in icon: image = 'partly-cloudy-day.png' elif 'partly-cloudy-night' in icon: image = 'partly-cloudy-night.png' elif 'rain' in icon: image = 'rain.png' elif 'snow' in icon: image = 'snow.png' elif 'sleet' in icon: image = 'sleet.png' elif 'wind' in icon: image = 'wind.png' elif 'fog' in icon: image = 'fog.png' elif 'cloudy' in icon: image = 'cloudy.png' else: image = 'clear-day.png' return image # Dumps one forecast line to the printer def forecast(idx): date = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(data['daily']['data'][idx]['time'])) day = calendar.day_name[date.weekday()] lo = data['daily']['data'][idx]['temperatureMin'] hi = data['daily']['data'][idx]['temperatureMax'] cond = data['daily']['data'][idx]['summary'] print(date) print(day) print(lo) print(hi) print(cond) time.sleep(1) printer.set(font='a', height=2, align='left', bold=False, double_height=False) printer.text(day + ' \n ') time.sleep(5) # Sleep to prevent printer buffer overflow printer.text('\n') printer.image(forecast_icon(idx), high_density_vertical=False, high_density_horizontal=False, impl=u'bitImageRaster', fragment_height=960) printer.text('low ' + str(lo) ) printer.text(deg) printer.text('\n') printer.text(' high ' + str(hi)) printer.text(deg) printer.text('\n') printer.text(cond.replace(u'\u2013', '-').encode('utf-8')) # take care of pesky unicode dash printer.text('\n \n') def icon(): icon = data['currently']['icon'] if 'clear-day' in icon: image = 'clear-day.png' elif 'clear-night' in icon: image = 'clear-night.png' elif 'partly-cloudy-day' in icon: image = 'partly-cloudy-day.png' elif 'partly-cloudy-night' in icon: image = 'partly-cloudy-night.png' elif 'rain' in icon: image = 'rain.png' elif 'snow' in icon: image = 'snow.png' elif 'sleet' in icon: image = 'sleet.png' elif 'wind' in icon: image = 'wind.png' elif 'fog' in icon: image = 'fog.png' elif 'cloudy' in icon: image = 'cloudy.png' else: image = 'clear-day.png' return image deg = ' C' # Degree symbol on thermal printer url = "https://api.darksky.net/forecast/"+API_KEY+"/"+LAT+","+LONG+"?exclude=[alerts,minutely,hourly,flags]&units=si" # if you want Fahrenheit change units= to 'us' response = urllib.urlopen(url) data = json.loads(response.read()) printer.print_and_feed(n=1) printer.control("LF") printer.set(font='a', height=2, align='center', bold=True, double_height=True) printer.text("Weather Forecast") printer.text("\n") printer.set(align='center') # Print current conditions printer.set(font='a', height=2, align='center', bold=True, double_height=False) printer.text('Current conditions: \n') printer.image(icon()) printer.text("\n") printer.set(font='a', height=2, align='left', bold=False, double_height=False) temp = data['currently']['temperature'] cond = data['currently']['summary'] printer.text(temp) printer.text(' ') printer.text(deg) printer.text(' ') printer.text('\n') printer.text('Sky: ' + cond) printer.text('\n') printer.text('\n') # Print forecast printer.set(font='a', height=2, align='center', bold=True, double_height=False) printer.text('Forecast: \n') #printer.boldOff() forecast(0) forecast(1) printer.cut printer.control("LF")