YouTube sign counter

display.conf

[program:display]
command=python /home/pi/youtube.py
autostart=true
autorestart=true
stderr_logfile=/var/log/youtube.err.log
stdout_logfile=/var/log/youtube.out.log
user=root

youtube.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# You need to make sure you have the ZeroSeg library and that is available as an import

import sys
import time
import json
import requests
import socket
import urllib
import string
from decimal import Decimal
import ZeroSeg.led as led

device = led.sevensegment(cascaded=2)

device.brightness(15)

# Display something while we load up
device.write_text(1,"---")

def get_data():
	# channel if and the auth key need to be replaced with your own
    url = "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channels?part=statistics&id=[channel-id]&key=[auth-key]"

    res = requests.get(url)
    if(res.status_code==200):
        json_data = json.loads(res.text)
        return json_data
    return {}

# Start with high values so everything will run as soon as its started up
loop_count = 590
display_count = 40
display = 0

while True:
    try:
        time.sleep(0.1)
	      loop_count += 1
	      display_count += 1
	
        if loop_count == 600:
            loop_count = 0
            data = get_data()
            subscribers = Decimal(int(data["items"][0]["statistics"]["subscriberCount"]))
            views = int(data["items"][0]["statistics"]["viewCount"])
            print(subscribers)
            print(views)

        if display_count == 50:
            display_count = 0

            if display == 0:
                display = 1
                
                device.write_number(1, views, leftJustify=True)
                views_s = map(int, str(views))
				# This replaces a couple of numbers with a version that has a decimal point set
				# The decimal point acts as the thousands seperator, a little odd but it makes it a lot more readable
                device.letter(1, 8, views_s[0], 1)
                device.letter(1, 5, views_s[3], 1)
            elif display == 1:
                display = 0
				
                device.write_number(1, subscribers, leftJustify=True)
                device.letter(1, 8, int (subscribers / 1000), 1)

    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        device.clear()
        sys.exit(-1)