Read configuration from file

example_config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+    "urls": [
+        {
+            "label": "example 1",
+            "url": "http://example.com"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "example 2",
+            "url": "http://example.com"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "example 3",
+            "url": "http://example.com"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "example 4",
+            "url": "http://example.com"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "example 5",
+            "url": "http://example.com"
+        }
+    ]
+}

menu.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import math
-import sys
+import argparse
+import json
 from time import sleep
 from threading import Thread
 from queue import Queue, Empty
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ class ButtonDef(TypedDict):
     cbk: Callable[[], None]
 
 
+class UrlDef(TypedDict):
+    label: str
+    url: str
+
+
 class IBoard:
     @abstractmethod
     def draw(self, screen: pygame.Surface):
@@ -77,15 +83,11 @@ class MenuBoard(IBoard):
     BUTTON_MARGINS = 10
 
     def __init__(self, screen_rect: pygame.Rect, buttons: List[ButtonDef]):
-        self.rows: int
+        self.rows = math.floor(math.sqrt(len(buttons)))
-        self.cols: int
+        self.cols = math.ceil(math.sqrt(len(buttons)))
-        if len(buttons) == 2:
+        if (self.rows * self.cols) < len(buttons):
-            # special case which doesn't seem to fit into the sqrt
+            # extra row if buttons don't fit
-            self.rows = 1
+            self.rows += 1
-            self.cols = 2
-        else:
-            self.rows = math.ceil(math.sqrt(len(buttons)))
-            self.cols = math.ceil(math.sqrt(len(buttons)))
         button_positions = self.generate_button_positions(screen_rect)
         self.buttons = list(map(lambda d: Button(next(button_positions),
                                                  f"Button {d['text']}",
@@ -116,13 +118,13 @@ class MenuBoard(IBoard):
 
 
 class App:
-    def __init__(self, btns: int):
+    def __init__(self, urls: List[UrlDef]):
         pygame.init()
         info = pygame.display.Info()
         self.screen = pygame.display.set_mode((info.current_w, info.current_h), flags=pygame.FULLSCREEN)
         self.clock = pygame.time.Clock()
         self.running = False
-        buttons = list(map(lambda t: ButtonDef(text=f"{t}", cbk=self.button_press_handler(str(t))), list(range(btns))))
+        buttons = list(map(lambda u: ButtonDef(text=u['label'], cbk=self.button_press_handler(u['url'])), urls))
         buttons.append(ButtonDef(text="Exit", cbk=self.quit))
         self.board: IBoard = MenuBoard(self.get_screen_rect(), buttons)
         self.task_q = Queue()
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ class App:
     def get_screen_rect(self) -> pygame.Rect:
         return pygame.Rect(0, 0, self.screen.get_width(), self.screen.get_height())
 
-    def button_press_handler(self, text: str) -> Callable[[], None]:
+    def button_press_handler(self, url: str) -> Callable[[], None]:
         def impl():
             previous_board = self.board
 
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ class App:
 
             process_thr = Thread(target=thr_fun)
             process_thr.start()
-            self.board = MessageBoard(self.get_screen_rect(), f"Wait: {text}")
+            self.board = MessageBoard(self.get_screen_rect(), f"Fetching: {url}")
         return impl
 
     def loop(self):
@@ -170,6 +172,18 @@ class App:
         self.running = False
 
 
+def get_config(path: str) -> List[UrlDef]:
+    url_defs = []
+    with open(path, "rb") as f:
+        data = json.load(f)
+        for d in data['urls']:
+            url_defs.append(UrlDef(label=d['label'], url=d['url']))
+    return url_defs
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app = App(int(sys.argv[1]))
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("config_path", help="Path to the config file.", type=str)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    app = App(get_config(args.config_path))
     app.loop()