petaflot.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# vim: noet nowrap number ts=4

import barcode
#import bytes_as_braille as bab

def mkBar( byte_content, ASCII = True ):
    decode_as_int = False
    if ASCII:
        try:
            string_content = byte_content.decode('ascii')
        except ValueError:
            decode_as_int = True
    else:
        decode_as_int = True
    if decode_as_int:
        string_content = str(int.from_bytes(byte_content,'big'))
    print(string_content)
    b = barcode.Code128( string_content )
    b.write(open('/tmp/barcode.svg','wb'), text = byte_content.decode('utf-8'))


def mkBar( byte_content, ASCII = True ):
    string_content = None
    if ASCII:
        try:
            string_content = byte_content.decode('ascii')
        except ValueError:
            pass
    if string_content is None:
        string_content = str(int.from_bytes(byte_content,'big'))
    print(string_content)
    b = barcode.Code128( string_content )
    b.write(open('/tmp/barcode.svg','wb'), text = byte_content.decode('utf-8'))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    #while True:
    #   #mkBar( bab.input() )
    #   mkBar( input('> ').encode('utf-8') )

    # works as expected
    mkBar(b'abcdefg')
    mkBar('abcdéfg'.encode('utf-8'))
    mkBar(b'123456789')