Getting reuter news in a raspberry pi using Pimoroni wHAT

news.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from PIL import Image, ImageFont, ImageDraw
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from font_hanken_grotesk import HankenGroteskMedium
from inky import InkyWHAT
import requests


def main():
    print("""Inky wHAT: News from Reuters""")

    # Config for display
    inky_display = InkyWHAT("red")
    scale_size = 2.20
    padding = 15

    inky_display.set_border(inky_display.RED)

    font = ImageFont.truetype(HankenGroteskMedium, int(10 * scale_size))

    img = Image.new("P", (inky_display.WIDTH, inky_display.HEIGHT))
    drawer = ImageDraw.Draw(img)

    height = 10
    trim_string = lambda s: s.strip()
    for new in map(trim_string, grab_ten_news()):
        drawer.text((10, height), new, inky_display.BLACK, font=font)
        height += 26

    inky_display.set_image(img)
    inky_display.show()


def grab_ten_news():
    link = 'http://www.reuters.com/news/'
    page = requests.get(link)

    soup = BeautifulSoup(page.text, 'html.parser')

    counter = 0
    news = []
    for new in soup.find_all("h3", class_="story-title"):
        if new.string is not None and counter < 10:
            counter += 1
            news.append(new.string)
    return news


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()