Made some changes so URLs that depend on current time can be more accurate

adafruit_matrixportal/matrix.py

@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ def __init__(
             )
             self.display = framebufferio.FramebufferDisplay(matrix)
         except ValueError:
-            raise RuntimeError("Failed to initialize RGB Matrix")
+            raise RuntimeError("Failed to initialize RGB Matrix") from ValueError

adafruit_matrixportal/matrixportal.py

@@ -88,15 +88,11 @@ def __init__(
             debug=debug,
         )
 
-        self._url = url
+        self._url = None
+        self.url = url
         self._headers = headers
-        if json_path:
-            if isinstance(json_path[0], (list, tuple)):
-                self._json_path = json_path
-            else:
-                self._json_path = (json_path,)
-        else:
-            self._json_path = None
+        self._json_path = None
+        self.json_path = json_path
 
         self._regexp_path = regexp_path
 
@@ -111,12 +107,6 @@ def __init__(
         self._default_bg = default_bg
         self.splash.append(self._bg_group)
 
-        if url and not self._network.uselocal:
-            self._network.connect()
-
-        if self._debug:
-            print("My IP address is", self._network.ip_address)
-
         # set the default background
         self.set_background(self._default_bg)
         self.display.show(self.splash)
@@ -297,6 +287,10 @@ def set_text(self, val, index=0):
                 self._text[index].y = self._text_position[index][1]
                 self.splash.append(self._text[index])
 
+    def get_local_time(self, location=None):
+        """Accessor function for get_local_time()"""
+        return self._network.get_local_time(location=location)
+
     def _get_next_scrollable_text_index(self):
         index = self._scrolling_index
         while True:
@@ -396,3 +390,36 @@ def wrap_nicely(string, max_chars):
         # remove first space from first line:
         the_lines[0] = the_lines[0][1:]
         return the_lines
+
+    @property
+    def url(self):
+        """
+        Get or set the URL of your data source.
+        """
+        return self._json_path
+
+    @url.setter
+    def url(self, value):
+        self._url = value
+        if value and not self._network.uselocal:
+            self._network.connect()
+            if self._debug:
+                print("My IP address is", self._network.ip_address)
+
+    @property
+    def json_path(self):
+        """
+        Get or set the list of json traversal to get data out of. Can be list
+        of lists for multiple data points.
+        """
+        return self._json_path
+
+    @json_path.setter
+    def json_path(self, value):
+        if value:
+            if isinstance(value[0], (list, tuple)):
+                self._json_path = value
+            else:
+                self._json_path = (value,)
+        else:
+            self._json_path = None

adafruit_matrixportal/network.py

@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
 import adafruit_esp32spi.adafruit_esp32spi_socket as socket
 from adafruit_io.adafruit_io import IO_HTTP, AdafruitIO_RequestError
 import adafruit_requests as requests
-from adafruit_matrixportal.wifi import WiFi
-from adafruit_matrixportal.fakerequests import Fake_Requests
 import supervisor
 import rtc
+from adafruit_matrixportal.wifi import WiFi
+from adafruit_matrixportal.fakerequests import Fake_Requests
 
 try:
     from secrets import secrets
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def get_local_time(self, location=None):
         except KeyError:
             raise KeyError(
                 "\n\nOur time service requires a login/password to rate-limit. Please register for a free adafruit.io account and place the user/key in your secrets file under 'aio_username' and 'aio_key'"  # pylint: disable=line-too-long
-            )
+            ) from KeyError
 
         location = secrets.get("timezone", location)
         if location:
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def get_local_time(self, location=None):
         except KeyError:
             raise KeyError(
                 "Was unable to lookup the time, try setting secrets['timezone'] according to http://worldtimeapi.org/timezones"  # pylint: disable=line-too-long
-            )
+            ) from KeyError
         year, month, mday = [int(x) for x in the_date.split("-")]
         the_time = the_time.split(".")[0]
         hours, minutes, seconds = [int(x) for x in the_time.split(":")]
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def push_to_io(self, feed_key, data):
         except KeyError:
             raise KeyError(
                 "Adafruit IO secrets are kept in secrets.py, please add them there!\n\n"
-            )
+            ) from KeyError
 
         io_client = IO_HTTP(aio_username, aio_key, self._wifi.manager(secrets))