jonahb13 / 3d-printer-api

Flask API for Ultimaker 3D printers

3dPrinterFlaskAPI

Description

Flask server that exposes information from multiple endpoints in mock 3D printer flask servers: one server called "Gutenberg" and one called "Xerox". Collector communicates with "Gutenberg" and "Xerox" to get their current print job and the nozzle temperatures, and stores this information in a redis database. Current endpoints on the Flask server are '/current_job' and '/nozzle_temps'.

Setup

• Copy repository link and clone in terminal
  • git clone https://github.com/jonahb13/3dPrinterFlaskAPI.git
• Create virtual environment in project folder
  • cd 3DPrinterFlaskAPI
  • python3 -m venv .venv
  • source .venv/bin/activate
• Download required packages for the flask server
  • pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Running the Servers

• Open 5 separate terminal windows (all in the 3DPrinterFlaskAPI directory)
  • In the first terminal, start the redis server
    • redis-server
  • In the second terminal, run the flask server for Gutenberg
    • python3 printer_server/gutenberg_app.py
  • In the third terminal, run the flask server for Xerox
    • python3 printer_server/xerox_app.py
  • In the fourth terminal, start the main flask app
    • python3 main_app/app.py
• Once the 3D Printer servers and main app server are running, run the client in the fifth terminal
  • python3 app_client/printer_stats.py

Future Work

Currently, this project just mocks an interaction with 3D printer APIs/flask servers. In the future, our current code would need to be modified so that the proper printer IPs/endpoints are being used, as well as changing how information is being received/handled from the actual printers. In addition, we want to make a client webpage to display data and temperature graphs.