Python Scripts

Export Python File as App for Mac

Reference:
https://www.metachris.com/2015/11/create-standalone-mac-os-x-applications-with-python-and-py2app/

// Create virtual environment
virtualenv venv
. venv/bin/activate

// Install py2app
pip install -U git+https://github.com/metachris/py2app.git@master
py2applet --make-setup app_name.py

// This creates a setup.py file as following
"""
This is a setup.py script generated by py2applet

Usage:
    python setup.py py2app
"""

from setuptools import setup

APP = ['infostationBeta.py']
DATA_FILES = []
APP_NAME = 'YOUR_APP_NAME'
OPTIONS = {'argv_emulation': True,
        'iconfile': 'infostation_logo.icns',
        'plist': {
        'CFBundleName': APP_NAME,
        'CFBundleDisplayName': APP_NAME,
        'CFBundleGetInfoString': "Send messages to dot matrix led",
        'CFBundleIdentifier': "com.filikatasarim.infostation",
        'CFBundleVersion': "0.1.0",
        'CFBundleShortVersionString': "0.1.0",
        'NSHumanReadableCopyright': u"Copyright © 2017, Filika Interactive, All Rights Reserved"
    }
    }

setup(
    app=APP,
    data_files=DATA_FILES,
    options={'py2app': OPTIONS},
    setup_requires=['py2app'],
)


python setup.py py2app -A
rm -rf build dist
python setup.py py2app

get own ip

def get_ip_address(ifname):
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
    return socket.inet_ntoa(fcntl.ioctl(
        s.fileno(),
        0x8915,  # SIOCGIFADDR
        struct.pack('256s', ifname[:15])
    )[20:24])