Md. Khairul Alam
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Raspberry Pi Desk Notifier

Desk Notifier which will inform you about your new email, Facebook notification, Twitter notification & page like.

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Raspberry Pi Desk Notifier

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Raspberry Pi 1 Model B
Raspberry Pi 1 Model B
×1
SD Card with Raspbian operating system
×1
Raspberry Pi WiFi Adapter
×1
Raspberry Pi Power Supply
×1
MAX7219CNG LED Driver IC
×1
Seven Segment Display
×1
LED (generic)
LED (generic)
×5
Resistor 10k ohm
Resistor 10k ohm
×1
Resistor 330 ohm
Resistor 330 ohm
×5
PCB Board
×1

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)
Soldering iron (generic)
Hot glue gun (generic)
Hot glue gun (generic)
PCB Drill
Wire Cutter

Story

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Schematics

Schematic

Designed using Eagle

PCB Layout

Designed using Eagle

Code

Code for Gmail

Python
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO, feedparser, time

DEBUG = 1

USERNAME = "xxxxxxxx"     # just the part before the @ sign, add yours here
PASSWORD = "********"     # password of your email

NEWMAIL_OFFSET = 1        # my unread messages never goes to zero, yours might
MAIL_CHECK_FREQ = 60      # check mail every 60 seconds

while True:

        newmails = int(feedparser.parse("https://" + USERNAME + ":" + PASSWORD +"@mail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom")["feed"]["fullcount"])

        if DEBUG:
                print "You have", newmails, "new emails!"

        
        time.sleep(MAIL_CHECK_FREQ)

Code for Facebook

Python
import urllib2
import json
import time

def get_page_data(page_id,access_token):
    api_endpoint = "https://graph.facebook.com/v2.4/"
    fb_graph_url = api_endpoint+page_id+"?fields=id,name,likes,unread_notif_count,link&access_token="+access_token
    try:
        api_request = urllib2.Request(fb_graph_url)
        api_response = urllib2.urlopen(api_request)
        
        try:
            return json.loads(api_response.read())
        except (ValueError, KeyError, TypeError):
            return "JSON error"

    except IOError, e:
        if hasattr(e, 'code'):
            return e.code
        elif hasattr(e, 'reason'):
            return e.reason
                                    
while 1:
    page_id = "1664109577184012" # username or id 
    token = "CAACEdEose0cBAKBSd9olmJZA3rMZCUy4XZB8qDXwiM49G4OgfYbJQHYNWmyzcFnuTeunGyQZBZChcaEoC8uEjTZCNyWpPtvIWEOkEY7H5AZBFEmZBAFeXEYjzCCOob1ZAK6qwIMskMBQdLjcWBJpM5ZCIeUytLAWTgJwkeXZCwZChzeX5hZCk3kEZC86w25KfmItZBHepMJIZA67VYBYCgZDZD"  # Access Token
    page_data = get_page_data(page_id,token)

    print "Page Name:"+ page_data['name']
    print "Likes:"+ str(page_data['likes'])
    print "Unread notifications:"+ str(page_data['unread_notif_count'])
    
    time.sleep(0.5)

Code for Twitter

Python
import oauth, tweepy, sys, locale, threading 
from time import localtime, strftime, sleep

def init(): 
    global api
    consumer_key = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" # your access key
    consumer_secret = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    access_key = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    access_secret = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
    auth.set_access_token(access_key, access_secret)
    api = tweepy.API(auth)

    user = api.get_user(3318190836)
    print "User: " + user.screen_name
    print "Followers: " + str(user.followers_count)
    print "Friends: " + str(user.friends_count)
    print "Favorites: " + str(user.favourites_count)
    #print api.direct_messages()
init()

Complete source code

Python
#!/usr/bin/env python

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO, feedparser, time

import urllib2
import json
import time

import oauth, tweepy, sys, locale, threading 
from time import localtime, strftime, sleep

import max7219.led as led
device = led.sevensegment()

###### Gmail
DEBUG = 1

USERNAME = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"     # just the part before the @ sign, add yours here
PASSWORD = "**********"     

NEWMAIL_OFFSET = 1        # my unread messages never goes to zero, yours might
MAIL_CHECK_FREQ = 60      # check mail every 60 seconds

##################### gmail

GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)

GREEN_LED = 1
RED_LED = 2
GPIO.setup(GREEN_LED, GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.setup(RED_LED, GPIO.OUT)

def gmail():
        global mail

        newmails = int(feedparser.parse("https://" + USERNAME + ":" + PASSWORD +"@mail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom")["feed"]["fullcount"])

        if DEBUG:
                print "You have", newmails, "new emails!"
                mail = newmails
        if newmails > NEWMAIL_OFFSET:
                GPIO.output(GREEN_LED, True)
                GPIO.output(RED_LED, False)
        else:
                GPIO.output(GREEN_LED, False)
                GPIO.output(RED_LED, True)

        #time.sleep(MAIL_CHECK_FREQ)
				
def get_page_data(page_id,access_token):
    api_endpoint = "https://graph.facebook.com/v2.4/"
    fb_graph_url = api_endpoint+page_id+"?fields=id,name,likes,unread_notif_count,unread_message_count,link&access_token="+access_token
    try:
        api_request = urllib2.Request(fb_graph_url)
        api_response = urllib2.urlopen(api_request)
        
        try:
            return json.loads(api_response.read())
        except (ValueError, KeyError, TypeError):
            return "JSON error"

    except IOError, e:
        if hasattr(e, 'code'):
            return e.code
        elif hasattr(e, 'reason'):
            return e.reason
			
def facebook():
    global like_count
    global notification_count
    page_id = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" 
    # username or id <a href="https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer"> https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer</a>

    token = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"  # Access Token
    page_data = get_page_data(page_id,token)

    print "Page Name:"+ page_data['name']
    print "Likes:"+ str(page_data['likes'])
    like_count = page_data['likes']
    print "Link:"+ page_data['link']
    print "Unread notifications:"+ str(page_data['unread_notif_count'])
    notification_count = page_data['unread_notif_count']
    print "Unread message:"+ str(page_data['unread_message_count'])

    #time.sleep(0.5)

def twitter(): 
    global follower
    global api    #https://apps.twitter.com
    consumer_key = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"  # use your access key
    consumer_secret = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    access_key = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    access_secret = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
    auth.set_access_token(access_key, access_secret)
    api = tweepy.API(auth)

    user = api.get_user(xxxxxxxxxx)  # your user id
    print user.screen_name
    print user.followers_count
    follower = user.followers_count
    print user.friends_count
    print user.favourites_count
		
def reverse(n):
    if(n<10):
	    return n*10
    else:
        return int(str(n)[::-1])

def display():  # form a number from all information
    all_value = (reverse(follower) * 1000000) + (reverse(like_count)*10000) + (reverse(notification_count)*100) + reverse(mail) 
    print all_value
    device.write_number(deviceId=0, value=all_value)
	
while True:
        gmail()
        facebook()
        twitter()
        display()
        time.sleep(0.6)   

Github

https://github.com/rm-hull/max7219.git

Credits

Md. Khairul Alam

Md. Khairul Alam

68 projects • 585 followers
Developer, Maker & Hardware Hacker. Currently working as a faculty at the University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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