What about pushing the image to github, and a static github url (eg. nobrownout.github.io) ?
Just an idea though. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Roberto Verzola <rverz...@gn.apc.org> wrote: > It was Mr. fooler who did the bash script very quickly hehe. But I'm > not really a bash-ful person so I took the ideas and did it in python. > That took longer. > > There problem is I only have regular Internet access, dynamic > addressing etc. > > I do have a Wordpress blog and there's an FB page for the campaign > Switch Off #NoBrownout. You have to tell me what to do next. I have > a .png file sitting on my harddisk. How do I get it to your server? A > long time ago, I did a python program using http POST. I've forgotten > how, but I could learn it again, if that's what it would take. > > Obet > > On Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:17:44 +0000 > Danny Ching <dlcco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Wow. You guys are fast! > > > > I can wget the file every hour. What do you think? Can you send me a > > fixed link? > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 12:00 PM Roberto Verzola <rverz...@gn.apc.org> > > wrote: > > > > > I can now generate a .png file once every hour. Danny, how do I go > > > about sending it to your server? > > > > > > I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all who have extended > > > their support and encouragement, including code suggestions. > > > > > > Special thanks to Mr. fooler, to took the trouble to write a bash > > > script, which worked ok. (Send me private mail if you want to know > > > the details.) I used some ideas from the script, but I had to add > > > lots of other code. Since I am much more comfortable with python, > > > that's what I eventually used. > > > > > > I also had to make a choice between gnuplot and matplotlib. Mr. > > > fooler's gnuplot script worked nicely and gave me ideas. But when I > > > needed to make changes, I was getting all kinds of problems. (This > > > is my first try to use plotting software in this fashion.) So I also > > > tried matplotlib. I was initially stuck with problems in both, but I > > > finally made a breakthrough in matplotlib, so that's what I ended up > > > using. This was probably more about problems with me than with the > > > programs themselves. I would have preferred gnuplot because it is > > > faster and smaller. Maybe, if I were not so pressed for time, I > > > could go back and make things work in gnuplot too. > > > > > > So in the end, I used wget and matplotlib with python tying > > > everything together. > > > > > > I'm still trying to work out how to use python to upload a .png file > > > and accompanying caption to an fb page. Any suggestions would be > > > welcome. > > > > > > If you want to see the graph, please check the Switch Off > > > #NoBrownout page on FB. > > > > > > By the way, my piece about the whole campaign was published > > > yesterday, Easter Sunday, at the Talk of the Town Section of the > > > Phil Daily Inquirer (Apr. 5, 2015). (Google Brownout-Free Summer > > > via Bayanihan) > > > > > > Greetings to all, > > > > > > Obet > > > _________________________________________________ > > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- -- Romar Micabalo (aka 'hardwyrd') SysAdmin / Consultant / Linux & FOSS Evangelist http://www.about.me/rmr.micabalo ------------------------------------------------------------- "Penguin, penguin, and more penguin !"
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