sandpit-insert-serialData

!/usr/bin/env python

#import required stuff
import time
import serial
import urllib
import urllib2

#sample serial data for testing purposes only
#serialData = ":03,C,222,CR,LF"

#set up serial port on Raspberry Pi
port = serial.Serial("/dev/ttyAMA0", baudrate=9600)

# our urllib POST function
def sendToSandpit(projectName, node, channel, data):
	#make a string to hold the url of the request
	url = 'http://sandpit.mtaspiring.school.nz/api/v1/insert.php'
	
	#place POST data in a dictionary
	data = {'project_id' : projectName, 'node' : node, 'channel' : channel, 'data' : data}

#encode the POST data to be sent in a URL
	data_encoded = urllib.urlencode(data)

#make a request object to hold the POST data and the URL
	req = urllib2.Request(url, data_encoded)

#make the request using the request object as an argument, store response in a variable
	response = urllib2.urlopen(req)

print response.read()

while True:

serialData = port.readline()      #read buffer until cr/lf
    dataArray = serialData.split(',')	# split data into node, channel, data
    
    #define variables from dataArray
    node = dataArray[0]
    channel = dataArray[1]
    data = dataArray[2]
    projectName = "Penguin"

#if not null then...
    if(dataArray):
        print ("Serial #: " + repr(dataArray))	# Print to screen if ya want to test or debug
        sendToSandpit(projectName, node, channel, data)  # This actions the sendToSandpit function

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