pingiepie.py

import requests
import base64
import json
import bitarray
import time
import sys

# 152 x 16 
COLS = 152
ROWS = 16

def send_frame(data):
	data = base64.b64encode(data.tobytes())
	payload = json.dumps({'pixmap': data.decode('ascii')})
	req = requests.post('http://pingiepie.rzl:8000', data = payload)

	print(req)

def main():
	with open(sys.argv[1]) as pbm:
		# Skip first three lines. Kind of a hack, but hey
		[next(pbm) for Pass in range(3)]

		pbm = filter(lambda char: char in ('1', '0'), pbm.read())
		pbm = ''.join(pbm)

		image_array = bitarray.bitarray(pbm)
		send_frame(image_array)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()