Version 1.1. Rate limit set to 300s by default, corrected typos. Updated README

README.md

-# Gesetze im Internet
+# HACKDASH
 
- This package displays a list of the latest laws pusblished by the Federal Ministry of Justice and for Consumer Protection in Germany. In Germany, laws have to be published in the 'Bundesgesetzblatt', a formal publication by the German Government, to be applicable.
-
- The package was created for the exhibition * Open Codes. Leben in Digitalen Welten * at the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in Berlin, Germany.
-
-**Note:** The content for this package is exclusivly in German.
+ This package displays a list of all projects in a HACKDASH dashboard.
 
 **Note:** This package allows the InfoBeamer node to access the internet.
 
 ## Settings
 
-### Display rotation
+### Title
 
-Control the rotation of the screen. Choose between 0° and 180°.
+This is not used at the moment.
 
-**Note**: This package is currently not responsive and only works for 1920x1080 screens.
+### Project name
+
+The name of the dashboard as it appears in the URL.
 
 ### Background color
 
@@ -28,19 +26,6 @@ Select from the fonts in the package. Currently no additional fonts can be insta
 
 Set the font color. Default is set to white. This setting applies to all content on the screen.
 
-### Footer
-
-* **Show**. Tick if you want to show the footer. Default is ticked.
-* **Size**. Footer text height in pixels. Default is 20.
-* **Color** Footer text color. Default is white.
-
-#### Comment
-
-Can be used to give credit for software, data sources or show arbitrary information. This can be useful if you need to mention data sources or licence details.
-
-## Data sources
-* [Gesetze im Internet](http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/)
-
 ## Authors
 
 * **Christian Lölkes** - *Initial work* - [GitHub](https://github.com/loelkes)

hackdash.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from hosted import node, device, log
 from datetime import datetime
 import time, json
 from collections import namedtuple
-
+from textwrap import TextWrapper
 
 class Hackdash(object):
     def __init__(self, config):
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ class Hackdash(object):
         self.hackdash_api = API(url="https://hackdash.org/api/v2/{}/projects".format(config['project_name']))
         self.created_after = datetime.strptime(config['created_after'], '%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S')
         self.lastRefresh = 0
+        self.lineWidth = 120
+        self.lineHeight = 30
+        self.wrapper = TextWrapper(width=self.lineWidth)
 
     def refresh(self):
         self.hackdash_api.query()
@@ -24,10 +27,16 @@ class Hackdash(object):
             if project.created > self.created_after:
                 title = self.util.line(u'{} | {}'.format(project.title, project.status), height=50)
                 self.util.offset['y'] += 50
-                desc = self.util.line(u'{}...'.format(project.description[:120]), height=30)
-                self.util.offset['y'] += 80
+                if len(project.description) > self.lineWidth:
+                    for line in self.wrapper.wrap(text=project.description):
+                        desc = self.util.line(line, height=self.lineHeight)
+                        self.util.offset['y'] += self.lineHeight
+                        self.util.lines.append(desc)
+                else:
+                    desc = self.util.line(u'{}...'.format(project.description[:self.lineWidth]), height=self.lineHeight)
+                    self.util.lines.append(desc)
+                self.util.offset['y'] += self.lineHeight + 20
                 self.util.lines.append(title)
-                self.util.lines.append(desc)
 
     def update(self):
         self.refresh()

http_API.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class API(object):
     def reset(self):
         self.tElapsed, self.lines, self.util = 0, [], Util()
 
-    def setupRequests(self, url, user=None, key=None, rateLimit=3600, api_suffix=''):
+    def setupRequests(self, url, user=None, key=None, rateLimit=300, api_suffix=''):
         """
         Setup the request parameters.
 

package.json

 {
-    "name": "Hackdash",
+    "name": "HACKDASH",
     "author": "Christian Lölkes <christian@loelkes.com>",
-    "desc": "Hackdash projects",
-    "version": "1.0",
+    "desc": "Displays HACKDASH projects.",
+    "version": "1.1",
     "lifecycle": "beta"
 }