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Vuetify :: Open detail row programmatically
For the upcoming PiCockpit v2.0 release, I am preparing a GPIO application. The GPIO entries are table rows – and to configure them, we want to be able to access the detail row by clicking on the configure button: clicking either the chevron or the configure button will lead to the detail row opening: Here…
Weiterlesenenabling and disabling a systemd service in Python using DBus
The upcoming picockpit-client reacts to deletion events from the frontend by disabling it’s service (the application will stay installed, however). Similarly, when you decide to run picockpit-client connect again, the service will be re-enabled and started automatically for you. This is possible using the Python DBus interface. the DBus is a bus system for interacting…
WeiterlesenHow to set unique object ids in embedded documents across a MongoDB collection
MongoDB’s updateMany can be used to update all documents which are matched. Problem If, however, you want to set unique new ObjectIDs in your update, you would find that MongoDB sets the same ObjectID for every entry: db.getCollection(‚mypis_collectedpis‘).updateMany({}, {$set: {apps: { „com.picockpit/core“: { meta: { version: „2.0“, name: „PiCockpit Core“, image: „“, description: „PiCockpit.com…
Weiterlesenswitching from JSON to MsgPack in a backwards compatible manner with Paho MQTT (JavaScript)
picockpit.com makes heavy use of MQTT. For the upcoming version 2.0 I have decided to switch it to MsgPack. Why MsgPack? MsgPack (actually called MessagePack – packages tend to use MsgPack) is a binary format, aimed at compatibility with JSON, but decreasing file size (which is good for saving bandwidth & server resources). Another advantage:…
Weiterlesenenvoy fix for serving big files from the backend / timeouts / aborted downloads
Customers were complaining about not being able to download big files from our websites (e.g. PiDoctor on PiCockpit.com). Initially I could not replicate the issue locally, the files seemed to be downloading fine. After further investigation I determined that the downloads were cutting out after a certain time – depending on your download speed, thus,…
WeiterlesenDealing with NIL in JSON::Any in Crystal Lang
One of the challenges when developing with Crystal is that it is not as forgiving about data types as, say, Python or Ruby. nil will keep you occupied. The following error message: cast from Nil to String failed, at /usr/share/crystal/src/json/any.cr:220:5:220 can be solved by: # cast to string, THEN check if it is nil if…
WeiterlesenChromium exit code -5
While running Chromium with chromium-browser –display=:0 https://www.picockpit.com will allow you to start Chromium from an SSH connection (and it will output to the main display in the X Server), this will fail when you try to run it with subprocess.Popen in Python: „command“: [„chromium-browser“, „–display=:0“, “https://picockpit.com”] (this is part of the JSON format I have…
Weiterlesensecure command execution with Python: subprocess.Popen
Security is important for me while developing the picockpit-client. The following applies to Linux systems (but probably is applicable to all Unix like systems, including macOS) Python allows to run external commands using the subprocess module. import subprocess In the upcoming version of PiCockpit, users will be able to create their own buttons (simply editing…
WeiterlesenTermiShell: a web-based shell for the Raspberry Pi (development notes)
Introduction In the course of development of PiCockpit, I am going to add a web-based Terminal called TermiShell. TermiShell icon, by: Stephanie Harvey via unsplash.com TermiShell is going to allow you to log into your Raspberry Pi using PiCockpit.com (and the picockpit-client) – no additional application required on either side. This should be very comfortable,…
WeiterlesenCreating configuration files in /etc in Debian packages
I am currently working on an updated picockpit-client version, which should add additional configuration files in /etc/picockpit-client for the individual modules (PiDoctor & PiControl). picockpit-client is a Raspbian package for picockpit.com, linking the Web platform with your individual Raspberry Pi. As Raspbian is based on Debian, the following information holds true for general packaging for…
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