parteye

script to parse data from QR and Bar codes and post it to Partkeepr.
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      1 ** This repo has been moved ! **
      2 
      3 I might keep pushing to this github repo, but upstream is now:
      4 
      5   https://git.onna.be/parteye/
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      9 # parteye.py #
     10 
     11 Acts as a glue between [zbar](http://zbar.sourceforge.net/) and
     12 [Partkeepr](https://www.partkeepr.org/).  
     13 A good way of repurpose an old webcam !
     14 
     15 For now it only works with [TME](https://www.tme.eu/), the polish electronics
     16 parts distributor.  On their orders, they place a little QR code on each
     17 package with some info. With that and the distributor's API ... no need to type
     18 anymore !
     19 
     20 I'll probably extend it to work with [Farnell/Element14](http://farnell.com) if
     21 I place an order soon, as they too have a reasonably good API and maybe they do
     22 something similar with their packages
     23 
     24 # requirements #
     25 
     26 As far as I know, python3 and [requests
     27 ](http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/) library.
     28 
     29 # usage #
     30 
     31 First configure the thing. Create a file named `config.ini` in the same folder
     32 as the script. It should look like this:
     33 
     34 ```
     35 [tme]
     36 token = your_tme_api_token
     37 secret = your_tme_api_secret
     38 
     39 [partkeepr]
     40 user = your_pk_username
     41 pwd = your_pk_password
     42 url = http://your_pk_url
     43 
     44 ```
     45 
     46 And then basically, pass the output of zbar to the script via pipe:
     47 
     48 ```
     49 zbarcam --raw /dev/video0 | ./parteye.py
     50 ```
     51 
     52 On [Arch Linux](https://www.archlinux.org/) you may need a little bit of
     53 tweaking because of zbar ...:
     54 
     55 ```
     56 LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so zbarcam --raw /dev/video0 | ./parteye.py
     57 ```
     58 
     59 # notes #
     60 
     61 The script places the new part under a category at root level named `00 - QR-reader`.
     62 For the location uses one named _"Sense-Ordenar"_.  
     63 You can change that on request.json.
     64 
     65 Partkeepr API doc is literally non-existent ... So if you want to tweak this,
     66 you'll have to make good use of _Developer tools_ on your browser.
     67 
     68 # bugs #
     69 
     70 Patches are welcome.
     71 If you find any bugs, please contact me: https://onna.be/contact.html
     72 
     73 # license #
     74 
     75 For what it's worth .. this goes under MIT license.
     76 
     77 Beep sound by _kalisemorrison_. Find more [here](https://freesound.org/people/kalisemorrison/)