Python 3.7.9 : how to fix update errors between pip and setuptools.

The python language was mainly developed to emphasis on code readability.

That's why I think that it should not be affected by such errors, but they are easily fixed ...

    launcher = self._get_launcher('t')
  File "C:\Users\catafest\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\pip\_vendor\distlib\scripts.py", line 404, in _get_launcher
    raise ValueError(msg)
ValueError: Unable to find resource t64.exe in package pip._vendor.distlib

[notice] A new release of pip available: 22.3 -> 22.3.1
[notice] To update, run: python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip

C:\PythonProjects\scapy001>python -m pip uninstall pip setuptools
Found existing installation: pip 22.3
Uninstalling pip-22.3:
  Would remove:
    c:\users\catafest\appdata\roaming\python\python37\scripts\pip.exe
    c:\users\catafest\appdata\roaming\python\python37\scripts\pip3.10.exe
    c:\users\catafest\appdata\roaming\python\python37\scripts\pip3.7.exe
    c:\users\catafest\appdata\roaming\python\python37\scripts\pip3.exe
    c:\users\catafest\appdata\roaming\python\python37\site-packages\pip-22.3.dist-info\*
    c:\users\catafest\appdata\roaming\python\python37\site-packages\pip\*
Proceed (Y/n)? y
  Successfully uninstalled pip-22.3
Found existing installation: setuptools 47.1.0
Uninstalling setuptools-47.1.0:
  Would remove:
    c:\python379\lib\site-packages\easy_install.py
    c:\python379\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\*
    c:\python379\lib\site-packages\setuptools-47.1.0.dist-info\*
    c:\python379\lib\site-packages\setuptools\*
    c:\python379\scripts\easy_install-3.7.exe
    c:\python379\scripts\easy_install.exe
Proceed (Y/n)? y
  Successfully uninstalled setuptools-47.1.0

C:\PythonProjects\scapy001>pip3 install --upgrade pip
Requirement already satisfied: pip in c:\python379\lib\site-packages (22.3.1)

C:\PythonProjects\scapy001>pip install --upgrade setuptools
Collecting setuptools
  Downloading setuptools-65.6.3-py3-none-any.whl (1.2 MB)
     ---------------------------------------- 1.2/1.2 MB 4.1 MB/s eta 0:00:00
Installing collected packages: setuptools
Successfully installed setuptools-65.6.3

Python Qt6 : Create a tray icon application.

The notification area known as system tray is located in the Windows Taskbar area, usually at the bottom right corner.

I tested with:

Python 3.10.2 (tags/v3.10.2:a58ebcc, Jan 17 2022, 14:12:15) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
...
pip show pyqt6
Name: PyQt6
Version: 6.4.0
Summary: Python bindings for the Qt cross platform application toolkit

I created a trayicon application with PyQt6 that show a menu with two entry: Show Window and Exit.

The Show Window will sow a default window and the Exit will close the application.

This is the source code I tested, you need an icon.png in the same folder with this script.

import sys
from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt, QEvent, QPoint
from PyQt6.QtGui import QGuiApplication, QIcon, QAction
from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QSystemTrayIcon, QMainWindow, QMenu

# create the default application
app = QApplication(sys.argv)

# create the main window
window = QMainWindow()
# set the title for the window
window.setWindowTitle("My Window")

# this set the tray icon and menu
tray_icon = QSystemTrayIcon()
tray_icon.setIcon(QIcon("icon.png"))
menu = QMenu()

# add an action to the menu to show the window
show_window_action = QAction("Show Window", None)
show_window_action.triggered.connect(window.show)
menu.addAction(show_window_action)

# add an action to the menu to exit the application
exit_action = QAction("Exit", None)
exit_action.triggered.connect(app.quit)
menu.addAction(exit_action)

# set the context menu
tray_icon.setContextMenu(menu)

# show the tray icon
tray_icon.show()

# run the application
app.exec()

Python 3.10.2 : about ChemSpiPy.

ChemSpiPy provides a way to interact with ChemSpider in Python. It allows chemical searches, chemical file downloads, depiction and retrieval of chemical properties...

You can read more about this python package on the official website and the documentation for this python package.

You have to create an account and fill in the data to get an A.P.I key...

This is the source code for this python package , I use PyQt6 to show image formula with:QPixmap.fromImage.

import chemspipy

# set the API key from https://developer.rsc.org/my-apps/
api_key = "... your A.P.I. key ..."

# import the ChemSpider class
from chemspipy import ChemSpider

# instance of the ChemSpider class
cs_inst = ChemSpider(api_key)

compound_name = "Glucose"
# search for compound: "Glucose"
compounds  = cs_inst.search(compound_name) 

# get the first compound in the list
compound = compounds[0]

# print the list of the attributes and methods of 'compound' object
print(dir(compound))

# Print the compound's properties
print("... some compound's properties !")
print(f"Name: {compound.common_name}")
print(f"Average_mass: {compound.average_mass}")
print(f"ChemSpider ID - csid: {compound.csid}")
#print(f" external_references: {compound.external_references}")
#print(f" image: {compound.image}")
#print(f" mol_2d: {compound.mol_2d}")
#print(f" mol_3d: {compound.mol_3d}")
print(f" molecular_formula: {compound.molecular_formula}")
print(f" molecular_weight: {compound.molecular_weight}")
print(f" monoisotopic_mass: {compound.monoisotopic_mass}")
print(f" nominal_mass: {compound.nominal_mass}")


import sys
from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt
from PyQt6.QtGui import QPixmap, QImage, QColor
from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow, QLabel

# Create the application
app = QApplication(sys.argv)

# Create the main window
window = QMainWindow()
window.setWindowTitle(compound_name)

# Load the image with fromData
image = QImage.fromData(compound.image)

# Create a label to display the image
label = QLabel()
label.setPixmap(QPixmap.fromImage(image))

# Set the label as the central widget of the window
window.setCentralWidget(label)

# Show the window
window.show()

# Run the application
app.exec()

This is the result of running the source code:

Python 3.10.2 : testing the NASA A.P.I. features.

In this tutorial I will show you how to deal with the NASA A.P.I. and python programming language.

This source code was build and tested yesterday.

This is the source code:

import requests
from datetime import date

today_data = date.today()
today = today_data.strftime("%d%m%Y")
import urllib.parse

# set your API key from nasa https://api.nasa.gov/#NHATS
api_key = "... your A.P.I. key ..."

# this is a simple example to get one day image 
base_url = "https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod"

# set the parameters for the API request
params = {
    "api_key": api_key
}

# the request to the API
response = requests.get(base_url, params=params)

# get data
if response.status_code == 200:
    # parse the response
    data = response.json()

    # print the image URL
    print(data["url"])
    # parse the URL
    parsed_url = urllib.parse.urlparse(data["url"])

    # extract the file name from the URL
    file_name = parsed_url.path.split("/")[-1]
    # save the image
    response_image = requests.get(data["url"])
    with open(today+'_'+file_name, "wb") as f:
        f.write(response_image.content)
else:
    # print the status code
    print(response.status_code)

I run the source code and I get these two images ...

...
01/03/2023  01:06 AM            86,943 03012023_AllPlanets_Tezel_1080_annotated.jpg
01/03/2023  04:22 PM           553,426 03012023_KembleCascade_Lease_960.jpg
...

Manim python example.

I have written before about manim as a Python package in this tutorial.

It's quite powerful for animation and I recommend it to content producers who need a tool for school board-like graphics.

Today I'm back with a link that a document written in Jupiter notebook with Manim package from manim community, see this link.

News : PyTorch machine learning framework compromised with malicious dependency.

If you installed PyTorch-nightly on Linux via pip between December 25, 2022 and December 30, 2022, please uninstall it and torchtriton immediately, and use the latest nightly binaries (newer than Dec 30th 2022).

Read more on the official website.

Python Qt6 : Show any CSV file with QTableWidget.

In this tutorial, I will show you how easy it is to work with PyQt6 and QTableWidget to display any CSV file.

The source code lines are already commented to understand how this source code works.

This is the content of the csv file named my.csv:

id,firstname,lastname,email,email2,profession
100,Maud,Callista,Maud.Callista@yopmail.com,Maud.Callista@gmail.com,police officer
101,Justinn,Rona,Justinn.Rona@yopmail.com,Justinn.Rona@gmail.com,worker
102,Gabriellia,Robertson,Gabriellia.Robertson@yopmail.com,Gabriellia.Robertson@gmail.com,police officer
103,Gwenneth,Payson,Gwenneth.Payson@yopmail.com,Gwenneth.Payson@gmail.com,firefighter
104,Lynea,Robertson,Lynea.Robertson@yopmail.com,Lynea.Robertson@gmail.com,developer

This is the source I used:

import sys
import csv
from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow, QTableWidget, QTableWidgetItem
from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt

# the main window class
class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
    # the init definition of the class
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()

        # the window title
        self.setWindowTitle('Table Viewer for any CSV file.')

        # this create the table widget
        self.table = QTableWidget(self)

        # the table dimensions is set default
        self.table.setColumnCount(0)
        self.table.setRowCount(0)

        # this read the CSV file named my.csv
        with open('my.csv', 'r') as file:
            # use the reader for file 
            reader = csv.reader(file)
            # this get the column labels from the first row
            headers = next(reader)
            # this set the number of columns based on the number of headers
            self.table.setColumnCount(len(headers))
            # this set the horizontal header labels
            self.table.setHorizontalHeaderLabels(headers)
            # for each row iterate the rows in the CSV file
            for row in reader:
                # add a row to the table
                row_index = self.table.rowCount()
                self.table.insertRow(row_index)
                # add data to cells 
                for col_index, cell in enumerate(row):
                    self.table.setItem(row_index, col_index, QTableWidgetItem(cell))
        
        # setting for the table as the central widget
        self.setCentralWidget(self.table)

# this run the application
if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    window = MainWindow()
    window.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec())

Here is what the result of running the source code:

Last night I worked a bit with python and tested on the online tool from Copernicus.

Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme, which analyzes our planet and its environment for the benefit of all European citizens.

If you want to test it with python or another A.P>I. you need to create an user and a apassword.This is the source code I used with S:

from sentinelsat import SentinelAPI, read_geojson, geojson_to_wkt
from datetime import date
# Connect to the Sentinel API
api = SentinelAPI('___', '___', 'https://scihub.copernicus.eu/dhus')
#
api.download('___from_copernicus_website___')
# Search for Sentinel-2 images covering a specific area
footprint = geojson_to_wkt(read_geojson('area_of_interest.geojson'))

products = api.query(footprint,
                     date=('20211201', '20211205'),
                     platformname='Sentinel-1')
# convert to Pandas DataFrame
products_df = api.to_dataframe(products)
print(products_df)
# sort and limit to first 5 sorted products
products_df_sorted = products_df.sort_values(['link'], ascending=[True])
products_df_sorted = products_df_sorted.head(5)

# download sorted and reduced products
api.download_all(products_df_sorted.index)

You need a JSOn file to select the area of interest:

After I run this python script, the result is this:

python test001.py
                                                                                  title  ... productconsolidation
8f12995e-8f4b-4634-91bb-4971a1bdd0c3  S1B_IW_SLC__1SDV_20211201T160049_20211201T1601...  ...                  NaN
c62ceac6-c9ac-409d-bea9-d1bc23b1b183  S1B_IW_GRDH_1SDV_20211201T160050_20211201T1601...  ...                  NaN
2d1319c5-60af-468b-904a-5dfbdd5f205c  S1B_IW_RAW__0SDV_20211201T160046_20211201T1601...  ...                SLICE

[3 rows x 36 columns]
Downloading S1B_IW_GRDH_1SDV_20211201T160050_20211201T160115_029834_038FB2_A390.zip: 100%|█| 929M/929M [02:44<00:00, 5.
Downloading products:  33%|██████████████████▋                                     | 1/3 [02:58<05:57, 178.58s/product]
Downloading S1B_IW_RAW__0SDV_20211201T160046_20211201T160119_029834_038FB2_D35D.zip:  83%|▊| 1.31G/1.58G [03:21<00:26,
Downloading S1B_IW_SLC__1SDV_20211201T160049_20211201T160116_029834_038FB2_AC13.zip:  31%|▎| 1.33G/4.35G [03:18<04:16,
...

The copernicus online map can be seen in the next inage:

News : Inkscape team hiring python developer.

For the Inkscape project and its users, interoperability with other software packages, both free and commercial, is of high importance. The PLC has decided to hire a developer for the equivalent of 1.5 months (part-time schedule available) to implement importing functionality of a file format for which Inkscape yet lacks proper support. An extension of the project to up to 3 months (with additional compensation) may be granted depending on the success of the first half ...

You can find more information on the official website.

Python 3.8.16 : My colab tutorials - part 028.

Today I added a new example to my GitHub repo on colab with a simple example of how to search for images using Google's custom search A.P.I. You can find this example on my Github webpage example.

Python 3.10.2 : MoviePy - part 001.

MoviePy is a Python module for video editing, which can be used for basic operations (like cuts, concatenations, title insertions), video compositing (a.k.a. non-linear editing), video processing, or to create advanced effects. It can read and write the most common video formats, including GIF.

You can read more about this python package on this webpage.

I install this python package with the pip3 tool:

pip3 install MoviePy --user

I have an AVI file type created with the Blender 3D software, named anime_effect_001.avi, you can find it on my youtube channel.

I used this source code to convert it into an mp4 file type:

import moviepy.editor as moviepy
clip = moviepy.VideoFileClip("anime_effect_001.avi")
clip.write_videofile("MP4_anime_effect_001.mp4")

I run with this command:

python moviepy_001.py
Moviepy - Building video MP4_anime_effect_001.mp4.
Moviepy - Writing video MP4_anime_effect_001.mp4
...
Moviepy - Done !
Moviepy - video ready MP4_anime_effect_001.mp4

I play the MP4 file with the VLC video player and works great.

Python 3.10.2 : Suite for Computer-Assisted Music in Python known as SCAMP.

SCAMP is an computer-assisted composition framework in Python designed to act as a hub, flexibly connecting the composer-programmer to a wide variety of resources for playback and notation. SCAMP allows the user to manage the flow of musical time, play notes either using FluidSynth or via MIDI or OSC messages to an external synthesizer, and ultimately quantize and export the result to music notation in the form of MusicXML or Lilypond. Overall, the framework aims to address pervasive technical challenges while imposing as little as possible on the aesthetic choices of the composer-programmer.

See the official webpage.

Let's install with pip3 python tool in Windows O.S..

pip3 install --user scamp

I created a python script named music001_test001.py with this source code:

from scamp import *
import random

s = Session()

guitar = s.new_part("Guitar")

text = "this is a test text"

for char in text:
    if char == " ":
        wait(0.2)
    elif char.isalnum():
        for x in range (0,10):
            guitar.play_note(ord(char) - random.randrange(50, 75), random.randint(0,5), random.random()/5)
    else:
        wait(0.2)
        guitar.play_note(ord(char), 0.8, 0.06)
        wait(0.2)

The source code is easy to understand. I use random to play into for loop.

I play these with preset Jazz Guitar for Guitar.

I could say that the result is quite good for the random function.

In my internet searches, I also found a rather interesting PDF file about this Python module and other enhancements. You can find it here.

OpenAI knows how to write source code for Blender 3D.

I tested the new OpenAI chat from with this question:

Please write a 3d blender script in Python that moves a camera around an object 360 degrees facing it.

import bpy

# Set the object that the camera will orbit around
target_object = bpy.data.objects["MyObject"]

# Set the starting position for the camera
camera = bpy.data.objects["Camera"]
camera.location = (0, 0, 5)

# Set the number of degrees to rotate the camera around the object
degrees = 360

# Set the distance that the camera should be from the object
distance = 5

# Set the speed at which the camera should orbit
speed = 1

# Set the direction in which the camera should orbit (1 for clockwise, -1 for counter-clockwise)
direction = 1

# Calculate the number of frames needed for the camera to orbit
# around the object by the desired number of degrees
num_frames = degrees / speed

# Set the camera to track the object
bpy.ops.object.select_all(action="DESELECT")
camera.select_set(True)
bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = camera
bpy.ops.object.track_set(type="TRACKTO")

# Animate the camera orbiting around the object
for frame in range(0, num_frames):
    # Set the current frame
    bpy.context.scene.frame_set(frame)

    # Calculate the new position for the camera based on its distance from the object
    x = distance * math.sin(math.radians(frame*speed*direction))
    y = distance * math.cos(math.radians(frame*speed*direction))
    camera.location = (x,y,0)

I tested with the latest version of Blender 3D and it works well with some small changes it can be improved.

This error for this script:

Python: Traceback (most recent call last):
...
TypeError: 'float' object cannot be interpreted as an integer

If you ask more than once you will get different source code and I encountered a network error.

I tried several times and the network error did not let me take the more complex and complete source code.