Not a module but a way to get info from Life360

jtb11

I was trying to find a way to make life360 display location info for my family and ended up making it work using the a python script to generate the info into an html page that I then use the MMM-SmartWebDisplay Module to grab the generated html. This gave me a bit more control over the updates as I update less during the night than the day. and I wanted the table reused elsewhere.

What I used:

life360
python - to run the script
https://github.com/harperreed/life360-python - python life360 module the script below is the modified example
apache - to display the html generated
https://pypi.org/project/mapbox/ library to call mapbox
https://www.mapbox.com/ -free tier to translate the geocodes into place or street names

Config.js

MMM-SmartWebDisplay
        {
            module: 'MMM-SmartWebDisplay',
            position: "middle_center",
            config: {
                url: ["http://192.168.1.106/life360.html"],
                width: "700px",
                height: "400px",
                updateInterval: 4,
                logDebug: false,
                displayLastUpdate: false
            }
        },

NOTE: for anyone else trying to figure out why MMM-SmartWebDisplay isnt working, if the default text in your html is black and your mirror background is black then nothing shows! the module is working it is just the text is invisible.

I use crontab to run the script, e.g. this will run it every 3 minutes

*/3 * * * * /usr/bin/python /home/pi/dev/life360-python/checklife360.py >/var/www/html/life360.html

This is my checklife360.py

from life360 import life360
import datetime


from mapbox import Geocoder

geocoder = Geocoder(access_token="insert your mapbox token here")


if __name__ == "__main__":

    # basic authorization hash (base64 if you want to decode it and see the sekrets)
    # this is a googleable or sniffable value. i imagine life360 changes this sometimes. 
    authorization_token = "cFJFcXVnYWJSZXRyZTRFc3RldGhlcnVmcmVQdW1hbUV4dWNyRUh1YzptM2ZydXBSZXRSZXN3ZXJFQ2hBUHJFOTZxYWtFZHI0Vg=="
    
    # your username and password (hope they are secure!)
    username = "life360username"
    password = "life360password"

    #instantiate the API
    api = life360(authorization_token=authorization_token, username=username, password=password)
    if api.authenticate():

        circles =  api.get_circles()
        id = circles[0]['id']
        circle = api.get_circle(id)

        print "<HEAD><link rel='stylesheet' href='main.css'></HEAD><BODY><TABLE>"
        for m in circle['members']:
    
            bat = int(float(m['location']['battery']))
            loclat = float(m['location']['latitude'])
            loclng = float(m['location']['longitude'])
            
            print "<TR><TD style='color:#ffff00;'>", m['firstName'] + "</TD>"
            
         # only call the geocoder if the name is not know this reduces the api calls
            if m['location']['name']is not None: 
                print "<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD style='color:#ffff00;'>" , m['location']['name'] + "</TD>"
            else:
                response = geocoder.reverse(lon=loclng, lat=loclat)
                features = response.geojson()['features']
                addr1='{place_name}: {id}'.format(**features[0]).split(",")
                addr2='{place_name}: {id}'.format(**features[1]).split(",")  
                print "<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD style='color:#3383FF;'>" + addr1[0] + ", " +  addr2[1] + "</TD>"                    
            if bat > 40:
                print "<TD style='font-size: 15px;color:#00FF00;'>" , "{:.{}f}".format(float(m['location']['battery']),0) +"%</TD>"
            elif bat > 21:
                print "<TD style='font-size: 15px;color:#FFFF00;'>" , "{:.{}f}".format(float(m['location']['battery']),0) +"%</TD>"
            else:
                print "<TD style='font-size: 15px;color:#FF00FF;'>" , "{:.{}f}".format(float(m['location']['battery']),0) +"%</TD>"
                
            print "</TR>"
            
        print "</TABLE></BODY>"

    else:
        print "Error authenticating"

Hope this helps someone else.

ryanbuckner

@jtb11 I’m getting an error

from life360 import life360
ImportError: cannot import name 'life360' from partially initialized module 'life360'

jtb11

@ryanbuckner said in Not a module but a way to get info from Life360:

ImportError: cannot import name ‘life360’ from partially initialized module ‘life360’

Do you find a solution for this?

Also I modified the location as internationalcharacters were breaking the location name display

change
if m[‘location’][‘name’]is not None:
print “ ” , m[‘location’][‘name’] + “”
To:

        if m['location']['name']is not None: 
            locname = m['location']['name'].encode('ascii', 'ignore').decode('ascii')
            print ("<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD style='color:#ffff00;'>" , locname + "</TD>")