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ShaneSutro / Vestaboard

An API Wrapper for Vestaboards written in Python
MIT License
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Retreive current layout from board. #16

Closed KenwoodFox closed 3 years ago

KenwoodFox commented 3 years ago

Id like to be able to save the text currently displayed on the board.

Im wondering if there is a way to collect and return the data (perhaps in the same format as raw)

Ive checked through the docs, im not sure if theres a way to read back the displayed text. Is there?

ShaneSutro commented 3 years ago

Hi @KenwoodFox! Great question! I'm Sorry to say there is no way to do that. Since installables could potentially be pushing sensitive/personal information to a given board (think calendar for the day, or a personal private message to a loved one), you cannot retrieve information from the board; it's a one-way street. This is a privacy decision on the part of Vestaboard. I do know, though, that the Vestaboard team was looking into adding a way to retrieve a message ID, though, which may help depending on your use case. Essentially you would get back a message ID as a confirmation when pushing a message to the board, then you could check the currently-displayed message ID, and if they match then the board is still displaying the message you just sent, otherwise either the user has changed it or another installable has sent a message overriding yours. Hope that helps!

KenwoodFox commented 3 years ago

That's unfortunate but understandable~ I was hoping that a user could input a custom layout/string into the webgui, and then save it into a list to repeat later at specific times using a custom installable. Ill work around the limitation though, thanks for your response.