Renders an image of the current block height. Simple. Refined.
Renders an image of the current block height. Simple. Refined.
This script prepares an image displaying the block height.
It depends on a bitcoin node.
The script is installed at ~/nodeyez/scripts/blockheight.py.
To manage and configure this script, use the nodeyez-config tool
sudo nodeyez-config
To manually configure this script, edit the ~/nodeyez/config/blockheight.json file
Fields are defined below
| field name | description |
|---|---|
| backgroundColor | The background color of the image expressed as a hexadecimal color specifier. Default #000000 |
| height | The height, in pixels, to generate the image. Default 320 |
| interval | The amount of time, in seconds, the script should wait before data gathering and image creation again. Default 120 |
| textColor | The color of the text expressed as a Hexadecimal color specifier. Default #ffffff |
| textShadowColor | The shadow color of text expressed as a hexadecimal color specifier. Alpha level should be depicted as weakest and will automatically be rendered in gradual stepping to opaque. Default #f2a90020 |
| textShadowPercent | The size of shadowing to apply to text expressed as a percentage of the font size. Default 10 |
| width | The width, in pixels, to generate the image. Default 480 |
Ensure the virtual environment is activated
source ~/.pyenv/nodeyez/bin/activate
Change to the scripts folder
cd ~/nodeyez/scripts
Run it
python blockheight.py
Press CTRL+C to stop the process
To enable the script to run at startup, as the privileged user run the following
sudo systemctl enable nodeyez-blockheight.service
sudo systemctl start nodeyez-blockheight.service
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