info-beamer hosted package SDK

In this repository you'll find useful files that help you develop info-beamer hosted packages.

dev-mode

dev-mode is a rapid development helper tool that allows you to instantly sync a package that you're developing to an info-beamer device.

hosted.py

hosted.py can be used as part of an info-beamer hosted service. Add this file to your package. Inside your python based service import some of the utility objects provided. Example:

from hosted import config, node, device, api

There are more functions that you can call from your service that allow you to, for example, turn the connected screen on/off or reboot the device:

device.turn_screen_off()

You can access all configuration for the current node made by the user in the config object like this:

print(config['timezone'])

# or

print(config.timezone)

You can automatically restart your service by calling

config.restart_on_update()

once. If the system detects that the configuration file changed, your service will be terminated and restarted so it can use the new settings.

Additionally there are certain info-beamer provided APIs that you can call. The APIs are experimental right now and more will be added in the future. Stay tuned.

print(api.list()) # gets list of APIs

# call 'weather' API for a location. Behaves like a `requests`
# get request, except the url is set automatically. It returns
# a dict with the API response.
print(api.weather.get(params={'lat': 50, 'lon': 9}))

hosted.lua

hosted.lua can be use in an info-beamer node that needs easier access to the configurations made by the user. In your node.lua file, call

util.init_hosted()

once at the top of your script. info-beamer will look for hosted.lua, node.json and package.json and will automatically parse config.json for you.

You can then access the configuration in the global CONFIG value:

print(CONIFG.timezone)

hosted.js

The mockup hosted.js allows you to develop custom ui pages without pushing your package to info-beamer hosted. Instead you can create a mockup environment to test your code locally. See the linked documentation for more information how all of that works together.