chrisshiplet/issueprinter

A small set of python utilities for running a GitHub Issue Printer on a Raspberry Pi + Adafruit Thermal Printer

issueprinter

Small set of python utilities for running a GitHub Issue Printer on a Raspberry Pi + Adafruit Thermal Printer

Setup

For Development:

• git submodule update --init --recursive
• sqlite3 main.db < install.sql
• sudo easy_install Flask

On the Pi:

• sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-serial python-imaging python-unidecode sqlite3
• git submodule update --init --recursive
• sqlite3 main.db < install.sql
• sudo easy_install Flask
• crontab -e
• Add the following lines, using the full path of the scripts:

  @reboot APP_ENV=production APP_SECRET=password1 python /home/pi/issueprinter/server.pi &
  @reboot python /home/pi/issueprinter/beacon.py &

• sudo shutdown -r now

Webhook:

• Create a new GitHub webhook pointing to http://hostname:4000/ with content type application/json and a secret, if desired
• Select only the "Issues" event

Running

Environment Variables

• APP_ENV can be set to production to turn off stack traces and debug messages, otherwise defaults to development with full stack traces enabled
• APP_SECRET can be set, requiring a matching secret on the webhook to prevent randos from sending print tasks

Starting the App

• python server.py starts the app listening on port 4000