wxpython question

[itsbrad212]

I am making a twitter client in python and wxpython. As of now, my static text is not printing. How can I change this code so it will print out what I want it to?

import wx
import twitter

class main(wx.Frame):
    
    def __init__(self,parent,id):
        wx.Frame.__init__(self,parent,id, "Twitter Client", size=(700,400))
        panel=wx.Panel(self)
        
        menubar = wx.MenuBar()
        file = wx.Menu()
        addaccount = wx.MenuItem(file, 1, '&Add Account\tCtrl+A')
        quit = wx.MenuItem(file, 2, '&Quit\tCtrl+Q')
        
        file.AppendItem(addaccount)
        file.AppendItem(quit)
        
        menubar.Append(file, '&File')
        self.SetMenuBar(menubar)
        self.Centre()
        self.Show(True)
        
        #Bind Events to Menu Item
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.info_user, id=1)
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnQuit, id=2)

        
    #Events
    def OnQuit(self, event):
        self.Close()

    def info_user(self, event):
        accountbox_username = wx.TextEntryDialog(None,"Twitter Username","")
        if accountbox_username.ShowModal()==wx.ID_OK:
            username = accountbox_username.GetValue()
            if username != "":
                accountbox_password = wx.TextEntryDialog(None,"Twitter Password","")
                if accountbox_password.ShowModal()==wx.ID_OK:
                    password = accountbox_password.GetValue()
                    if password != "":
                        password = accountbox_password.GetValue()
                        
                        #login to twitter
                        client = twitter.Api(username=username, password=password)
                        client.PostUpdate("Hello World!")
                        panel=wx.Panel(self)
                        #print friends
                        userlist = client.GetFriends()
                        for username in userlist:
                            wx.StaticText(panel, -1, username.screen_name, (10,100))
                            



                    else:
                        sorry = wx.MessageDialog(None, 'Your username or password cannot be blank','There was a problem...', wx.OK)
                        problemanswer = sorry.ShowModal()
            else:
                sorry = wx.MessageDialog(None, 'Your username or password cannot be blank','There was a problem...', wx.OK)
                problemanswer = sorry.ShowModal()

if  __name__=='__main__':
    app=wx.App()
    frame=main(parent=None,id=-1)
    app.MainLoop()

I am trying to print out username.screen_name

[Stefano Mtangoo]

in this line where do you get username.screen_name?

wx.StaticText(panel, -1, username.screen_name, (10,100))

change to something like this

#
for username in userlist:
#
wx.StaticText(panel, -1, username, size = (10,100))

[itsbrad212]

in this line where do you get username.screen_name?

wx.StaticText(panel, -1, username.screen_name, (10,100))

change to something like this

#
for username in userlist:
#
wx.StaticText(panel, -1, username, size = (10,100))

Sadly it didn't work. I think the problem with what you suggested is that the group is called username and the actual thing I want to print out is screen_name. Thanks though :D

[vegaseat]

What does userlist look like?
You seem to constantly overwrite the result in a newly created label at the same position.

[itsbrad212]

What does userlist look like?
You seem to constantly overwrite the result in a newly created label at the same position.

Userlist is all of the info about that certain twitter user's friends. The screen_name specifies that the screen name should be used from userlist.

[vegaseat]

Can you test print userlist and show us the result?
(change app=wx.App() to app=wx.App(False) to do so)
Do you get any output in the label?

This what you have simplified ...

import wx

class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent, mytitle, mysize):
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, -1, mytitle, size=mysize)
        self.SetBackgroundColour("white")

        names = ['Fred', 'Olaf', 'Inge']
        for name in names:
            # will 'over-label' all the time, only last name shows
            wx.StaticText(self, -1, name)


app = wx.App(0)
MyFrame(None, 'wx.StaticText() label', (400, 100)).Show()
app.MainLoop()

This is how you should do it ...

import wx

class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent, mytitle, mysize):
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, -1, mytitle, size=mysize)
        self.SetBackgroundColour("white")

        names = ['Fred', 'Olaf', 'Inge']
        text = ""
        for name in names:
            text += name + '\n'
        wx.StaticText(self, -1, text)


app = wx.App(0)
MyFrame(None, 'wx.StaticText() label', (400, 100)).Show()
app.MainLoop()

[itsbrad212]

Can you test print userlist and show us the result?
(change app=wx.App() to app=wx.App(False) to do so)
Do you get any output in the label?

I don't think I explained this clearly enough. I didn't make a list with the user info in it. I am getting it from the twitter database. Read this: http://www.tuxradar.com/content/code-project-create-python-twitter-bot

Ok I ran print userlist in the python shell and I got:

[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]
[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]
[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]
[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]
[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]
[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]
[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]
[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]
[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]
[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]
[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]
[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]
[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]
[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]
[<twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825160c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825164c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825168c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82516cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825170c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825174c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825178c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82517cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825180c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825184c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825188c>, <twitter.User object at 0x82518cc>, <twitter.User object at 0x825190c>, <twitter.User object at 0x825194c>]

The output of print username.screen_name is simply displays a list of that user's friends.

Here's how it works:
userlist is all the info on the user's friends
username is each entry in the list (it includes their avatar location, etc.)
screen_name is an element from that particular username

[vegaseat]

As I suspected, userlist is a list of class User instances you are getting from Twitter, where username is the instance, something like <twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, and username.screen_name is the name associated with that instance.

These names should show up if you apply the wx label correctly.

To test this out, add/replace this to your code in the proper place ...

# ...
text = ""
for username in userlist:
    print username.screen_name  # test
    text += username.screen_name + '\n'
wx.StaticText(panel, -1, text, (10,100))
# ...

[itsbrad212]

As I suspected, userlist is a list of class User instances you are getting from Twitter, where username is the instance, something like <twitter.User object at 0x82515cc>, and username.screen_name is the name associated with that instance.

These names should show up if you apply the wx label correctly.

No luck. Is there something I should do to the code to make it work?

[vegaseat]

No luck. Is there something I should do to the code to make it work?

Yes, use the code in the above post.

# ...
text = ""
for username in userlist:
    print username.screen_name  # test
    text += username.screen_name + '\n'
wx.StaticText(panel, -1, text, (10,100))
# ...

[itsbrad212]

Yes, use the code in the above post.

# ...
text = ""
for username in userlist:
    print username.screen_name  # test
    text += username.screen_name + '\n'
wx.StaticText(panel, -1, text, (10,100))
# ...

Oh sorry. My browser stopped loading and the code you typed didn't show up.
Anyway, I tried that and it printed out, just not in the GUI. It ended up printing it in the idle shell

[Stefano Mtangoo]

Oh sorry. My browser stopped loading and the code you typed didn't show up.
Anyway, I tried that and it printed out, just not in the GUI. It ended up printing it in the idle shell

It should print in both console and Label

[Stefano Mtangoo]

If that doesn't work use the wxStaticText's SetLabel() mathod