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pythonjqueryajaxflaskraspberry-pi
Ryan D
Ryan D

Reputation: 751

Trying to get realtime sensor data from python into html using Flask and jquery without refreshing entire page

I am trying to read in data from a load sensor using a raspberry pi. I can successfully get the data from the python file but when I try and pass it to a html file using flask it wont update the data correctly. it acts like its not getting current data just loading the same data over and over.

*SEE BOTTOM FOR UPDATE

here is my main.py file -

#! /usr/bin/python3
import time
import sys
from flask import Flask, render_template
import datetime
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/main")
def main():  
    EMULATE_HX711=False
    referenceUnit = 1

    if not EMULATE_HX711:
        import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
        from hx711 import HX711
    else:
        from emulated_hx711 import HX711

    hx = HX711(5, 6)
    hx.set_reading_format("MSB", "MSB")
    hx.set_reference_unit(-23000)

    #this clears the data on startup 
    hx.reset()
    hx.tare()

    #this is the only data I would like to refresh and stream into html
    while True:
        try:
            val = hx.get_weight(5)
            lbs = val * 2.2046
            templateData = {
                'data' : lbs
                }
            return render_template('index.html', **templateData)
                 
            hx.power_down()
            hx.power_up()
            time.sleep(1)

        except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
            cleanAndExit()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=80, debug=True)

I am trying to pass lbs as data into index.html -

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Flask App</title>
    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div id='test'></div>

<script>
function loadlink(){

    $('#test').load('/main',function () {
        $(this).unwrap();
        $('#test').replaceWith('{{ data }}');
    });
}

loadlink();
setInterval(function(){
    loadlink()
}, 1000);
 
 </script>

 </body>
 </html>

UPDATE I have figured out that the data is being reset with each refresh because of the -

hx.reset()
hx.tare()

Which is needed to start the sensor at zero, but once started I want it to stream the sensor data as it changes. How could I accomplish this without refreshing the page?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3711

Answers (1)

hcheung
hcheung

Reputation: 4034

Your python code return the entire page of index.html upon receiving each request from the browser, what you should do is instead of return render_template('index.html', **templateData), you only return the data with something like return jsonify(templateData), 200. In order to do this, create a separate route for handling the request.

#! /usr/bin/python3
from flask import Flask, render_template, jsonify

app = Flask(__name__)
EMULATE_HX711=False
referenceUnit = 1

if not EMULATE_HX711:
   import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
   from hx711 import HX711
else:
   from emulated_hx711 import HX711

hx = HX711(5, 6)
hx.set_reading_format("MSB", "MSB")
hx.set_reference_unit(-23000)

#this clears the data on startup 
hx.reset()
hx.tare()

# this route only handle the rendering of index.html
@app.route("/main")
def main():
   return render_template('index.html')

# this route handling the request send to the /update uri
@app.route("/update")
def update():
    val = hx.get_weight(5)
    lbs = val * 2.2046
    templateData = {'data' : lbs}
    return jsonify(templateData), 200


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=80, debug=True)

Modify the JavaScript accordingly to send the request to the new route /update, as I have not used the jQuery for ages, so I used my own pure JavaScript here:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Flask App</title>
</head>
<body>

  <div id='test'></div>

<script>
  document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {

    const getSensorReading = function() {
      fetch(`http://${location.host}/update`)  // send request to route /update
        .then((resp) => resp.json())
        .then(function(response) {
          document.getElementById('test').innerHTML =response.data.toFixed(2);
      });
    }

    getSensorReading();
    setInterval(getSensorReading, 1000);  //request for update every 1 second
  });
</script>

</body>
</html>

Please test the code yourself as I did not test the code. This is mostly copy-and-pasted from my project which offers more sophisticated usage cases on sensor reading and web development that you might find beneficial.

Upvotes: 3

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