Magic 8 Ball w/ JSON and Python

Brad Buskey

OK, so I did a very simple "magic 8 ball" app in Python. It is a springboard to using the OLED expansion board on my Intel Edison (which has buttons I want to utilize to make it a standalone app that will refresh (or just run again) when a button is pressed on the expansion board. I have a lot to do to get the Edison up and working, so I am doing my dev on the Omega2+ and so far, from the command line, it is working great. Again, nothing too outstanding, but another stepping stone.

Here is the Python code. I happen to have Python3 installed.

#!/usr/bin/env python

from OmegaExpansion import oledExp
import random
import json

getnum = "answer"+str(random.randint(1,20))
with file('/smb/scripts/magic8ball.json', 'r') as answerfile:
	answer = json.load(answerfile)

oledExp.driverInit()
oledExp.setCursor(0, 0)
oledExp.write("+-------------------+")
oledExp.setCursor(1, 0)
oledExp.write("|Magic 8 Ball Speaks|")
oledExp.setCursor(2, 0)
oledExp.write("+-------------------+")
oledExp.setCursor(4, 0)
oledExp.write(answer[getnum])
oledExp.setCursor(7, 0)
oledExp.write("+-------------------+")

exit()

Here is the .json with the answers.

{
	"answer1": "It is certain.",
	"answer2": "It is decidedly so.",
	"answer3": "Without a doubt.",
	"answer4": "Definitely yes.",
	"answer5": "You may rely on it.",
	"answer6": "As I see it, yes.",
	"answer7": "Most likely.",
	"answer8": "Outlook good.",
	"answer9": "Yes.",
	"answer10": "Signs point to yes.",
	"answer11": "Reply hazy try again.",
	"answer12": "Ask again later.",
	"answer13": "Better not tell you now.",
	"answer14": "Cannot predict now.",
	"answer15": "Concentrate and ask again.",
	"answer16": "Don't count on it.",
	"answer17": "My reply is no.",
	"answer18": "My sources say no.",
	"answer19": "Outlook not so good.",
	"answer20": "Very doubtful."
}