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Print a hcard with a thermal printer
import mf2py
import main
import requests
import os
from Adafruit_Thermal import *
printer = Adafruit_Thermal("/dev/serial0", 19200, timeout=5)
printer.setLineHeight(28)
hcard = mf2py.parse(url="https://jamesg.blog/")
def property_to_print(hcard_item, property):
# Special handling for org properties so I can create a list of properties
if property == "org" and hcard_item["properties"].get("org"):
org_list = []
for item in hcard_item["properties"][property]:
if item["properties"].get("name"):
org_list.append(item["properties"]["name"][0])
elif item[0]:
org_list.append(item[0])
org_list = ", ".join(org_list)
printer.println(main.textWrapped(org_list))
elif hcard_item["properties"].get(property):
printer.println(main.textWrapped(hcard_item["properties"][property][0]))
else:
print("No {} available.".format(property))
def get_hcard(hcard_item, printer):
# Print image at start of hcard
if hcard_item["properties"].get("photo"):
image = requests.get(hcard_item["properties"]["photo"][0])
with open("header.jpeg", "wb") as file:
file.write(image.content)
printer.printImage("header.jpeg")
os.remove("header.jpeg")
else:
print("No photo available.")
# Print name w/ gap between photo and following properties
# Name is in large text
printer.feed(2)
printer.setSize("L")
property_to_print(hcard_item, "name")
printer.setSize("S")
# Print other properties
properties_to_print = ["nickname", "job-title", "org", "email", "url", "locality", "region", "country-name", "tel", "note"]
for p in properties_to_print:
property_to_print(hcard_item, p)
hcard_item = []
for item in hcard["items"]:
if item["type"][0] == "h-card":
hcard_item = item
break
if hcard_item == []:
print("H-card cannot be found.")
else:
get_hcard(hcard_item, printer)
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