maybe added threads

server.py

@@ -7,18 +7,19 @@ from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
 from io import BytesIO
 import string
 import base64
-from queue import Queue
+import queue
 from threading import Thread
-import subprocess
 
 NULL_CHAR = chr(0)
+file = open('/dev/hidg0', 'rb+')
 
+alphabet_lower = set(string.ascii_lowercase)
+alphabet_upper = set(string.ascii_uppercase)
 
-class KeyboardHandler:
+message_queue = queue.SimpleQueue
 
-    def __init__(self, hidfile='/dev/hidg0'):
-        # Open keyboard device for binary appending
-        self.file = open(hidfile, 'ba')
+thread = Thread(target = writer)
+thread.start()
 
 colors = {
     "Z": "a",  # Black
@@ -72,110 +73,95 @@ class KeyboardHandler:
     '~': [chr(32), chr(0x35)],
 }
 
-    alphabet_lower = set(string.ascii_lowercase)
-    alphabet_upper = set(string.ascii_uppercase)
+
+def writer() {
+    while true:
+        if not message_queue.empty():
+            message = message_queue.get()
+            printstring(message)
+}
+
+def write_report(report):
+    file.write(report.encode())
 
 
-    def write_report(self, report):
-        self.file.write(report.encode())
+def release_keys():
+    write_report(NULL_CHAR * 8)
 
 
-    def release_keys(self):
-        self.write_report(NULL_CHAR * 8)
-
-    def printchar(self, c):
-        if c in self.alphabet_lower:
-            self.write_report(NULL_CHAR * 2 + chr(4 + ord(c) - ord('a')) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
-        elif c in self.alphabet_upper:
-            self.write_report(chr(32) + NULL_CHAR + chr(4 + ord(c) - ord('A')) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
+def printchar(c):
+    if c in alphabet_lower:
+        write_report(NULL_CHAR * 2 + chr(4 + ord(c) - ord('a')) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
+    elif c in alphabet_upper:
+        write_report(chr(32) + NULL_CHAR + chr(4 + ord(c) - ord('A')) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
     elif c.isdigit():
-            self.write_report(NULL_CHAR * 2 + chr(0x1e + ((ord(c) - ord('0') - 1) % 10)) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
-        elif c in self.special_chars:
-            self.write_report(self.special_chars[c][0] + NULL_CHAR + self.special_chars[c][1] + NULL_CHAR * 5)
+        write_report(NULL_CHAR * 2 + chr(0x1e + ((ord(c) - ord('0') - 1) % 10)) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
+    elif c in special_chars:
+        write_report(special_chars[c][0] + NULL_CHAR + special_chars[c][1] + NULL_CHAR * 5)
     else:
-            self.write_report(chr(32) + NULL_CHAR + chr(0x38) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
-        self.release_keys()
+        write_report(chr(32) + NULL_CHAR + chr(0x38) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
+    release_keys()
 
 
-    def change_color(self, background, foreground):
-        if background in self.colors and foreground in self.colors:
+def change_color(background, foreground):
+    if background in colors and foreground in colors:
         # DELETE keypress
-            self.write_report(NULL_CHAR * 2 + chr(0x2a) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
-            self.release_keys()
-            self.write_report(NULL_CHAR * 2 + chr(4 + ord(self.colors[background]) - ord('a')) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
-            self.release_keys()
-            self.write_report(NULL_CHAR * 2 + chr(4 + ord(self.colors[foreground]) - ord('a')) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
+        write_report(NULL_CHAR * 2 + chr(0x2a) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
+        release_keys()
+        write_report(NULL_CHAR * 2 + chr(4 + ord(colors[background]) - ord('a')) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
+        release_keys()
+        write_report(NULL_CHAR * 2 + chr(4 + ord(colors[foreground]) - ord('a')) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
     else:
         print('Malformed Color code: §' + background + foreground)
-            self.write_report(chr(32) + NULL_CHAR + chr(0x38) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
-        self.release_keys()
+        write_report(chr(32) + NULL_CHAR + chr(0x38) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
+    release_keys()
 
 
-    def printstring(self, s):
+def printstring(s):
     last_c = ''
     last_last_c = ''
-        # send Tab-key, to indicate this is sent by machine, not by human
-        self.write_report(NULL_CHAR * 2 + chr(0x2b) + NULL_CHAR*5)
-        self.release_keys()
     for c in s:
         if last_last_c == '§':
-                self.change_color(last_c, c)
+            change_color(last_c, c)
         elif c != '§' and last_c != '§':
-                self.printchar(c)
+            printchar(c)
         last_c, last_last_c = c, last_c
 
 
-    def reset_color(self):
-        self.change_color('Z', 'g')
-        self.release_keys()
+def reset_color():
+    change_color('Z', 'g')
+    release_keys()
 
-    def beep(self, code='fff'):
-        self.write_report(NULL_CHAR * 2 + chr(0x29) + NULL_CHAR * 5)
-        self.release_keys()
-        for char in code:
-            self.printchar(char)
+def beep():
+    write_report(NULL_CHAR * 2 + chr(0x29) + 'ff' + NULL_CHAR * 3)
+    release_keys()
+    print('beep')
 
 
 class SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
 
-    def __init__(self, request, client_address, server):
-        self.messagequeue = server.messagequeue
-        super().__init__(request, client_address, server)
-
     def do_GET(self):
         self.send_response(200)
         self.end_headers()
-        self.wfile.write(b'TAp reporting for duty!')
+        self.wfile.write(b'Hello, world!')
 
     def do_POST(self):
+        print(self.headers)
         message = base64.b64decode(self.headers['X-Messages']).decode('utf8')
         self.send_response(200)
         self.end_headers()
-        self.messagequeue.put_nowait(message)
-        self.wfile.write(b'Received message\n')
-
-def message_collector(messagequeue):
-    keyboard = KeyboardHandler()
-    while True:
-        message = messagequeue.get()
+        response = BytesIO()
+        response.write(b'This is POST request. ')
+        response.write(b'Received: ')
+        self.wfile.write(response.getvalue())
         if message == 'reset':
-            keyboard.printstring('\n' * 32)
+            message_queue.put('\n' * 32)
         else:
-            keyboard.printstring(message + '\n')
-            args = [str(ord(s)) for s in message if 0 < ord(s) < 255][:20]
-            subprocess.run(["i2cset", "-y", "1", "8", "0"] + args + ['i'])
-            time.sleep(int(len(args) * 1.5))
-        keyboard.reset_color()
-        keyboard.file.flush()
-        if messagequeue.empty():
-            keyboard.beep()
-            keyboard.file.flush()
+            message_queue.put(message + '\n')
+            # beep()
+        reset_color()
+        file.flush()
 
 
-
-shared_messagequeue = Queue()
 httpd = HTTPServer(('0.0.0.0', 8000), SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
-httpd.messagequeue = shared_messagequeue
-thread = Thread(target = message_collector, args = (shared_messagequeue, ))
-thread.start()
 httpd.serve_forever()