unicornmini_print_temp.py

import time
import sys

from colorsys import hsv_to_rgb

from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
from unicornhatmini import UnicornHATMini

import requests

settings = {
    'api_key':'your_key_here',
    'zip_code':'94112',
    'country_code':'us',
    'temp_unit':'imperial'} #unit can be metric, imperial, or kelvin

BASE_URL = "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?appid={0}&zip={1},{2}&units={3}"

# The text we want to display. You should probably keep this line and replace it below
# That way you'll have a guide as to what characters are supported!
text = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 #@&!?{}<>[]();:.,'%*=+-=$_\\/ :-)"

unicornhatmini = UnicornHATMini()

rotation = 0
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    try:
        rotation = int(sys.argv[1])
    except ValueError:
        print("Usage: {} <rotation>".format(sys.argv[0]))
        sys.exit(1)

unicornhatmini.set_rotation(rotation)
display_width, display_height = unicornhatmini.get_shape()

print("{}x{}".format(display_width, display_height))

unicornhatmini.set_brightness(0.1)

font = ImageFont.truetype("5x7.ttf", 8)

text_width, text_height = font.getsize(text)

image = Image.new('P', (text_width + display_width + display_width, display_height), 0)
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)

# Draw the text into the image
draw.text((0, 0), text, font=font, fill=255)

while True:
    final_url = BASE_URL.format(settings["api_key"],settings["zip_code"],settings["country_code"],settings["temp_unit"])
    weather_data = requests.get(final_url).json()
    temperature = weather_data["main"]["temp"]  
    print(temperature)
  
    text=str(temperature)
    image = Image.new('P', (text_width + display_width + display_width, display_height), 0)
    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
    draw.text((0, 0), text, font=font, fill=255)
    unicornhatmini.set_image(image, 0, wrap=True)
    unicornhatmini.show()

    time.sleep(60) #get new data every 60 seconds