type conversion example: how to send data to io and rx from io feeds

Author: brentru

examples/aio_basics/adafruitio_05_type_conversion.py

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+"""
+'adafruitio_05_type_conversion.py'
+=========================================
+Example of sending and receiving
+different data types to/from Adafruit
+IO using the Adafruit IO Python Client
+
+Author(s): Brent Rubell, Todd Treece for Adafruit Industries
+"""
+
+# import Adafruit IO REST client.
+from Adafruit_IO import Client, Feed, RequestError
+
+# Set to your Adafruit IO key.
+# Remember, your key is a secret,
+# so make sure not to publish it when you publish this code!
+ADAFRUIT_IO_KEY = 'YOUR_AIO_KEY'
+
+# Set to your Adafruit IO username.
+# (go to https://accounts.adafruit.com to find your username)
+ADAFRUIT_IO_USERNAME = 'YOUR_AIO_USERNAME'
+
+aio = Client(ADAFRUIT_IO_USERNAME, ADAFRUIT_IO_KEY)
+
+try: # if we have a 'type' feed
+    type = aio.feeds('type')
+except RequestError: # create a type feed
+    feed = Feed(name="type")
+    type = aio.create_feed(feed)
+
+# Values to send to Adafruit IO
+char_val = 'a'
+string_val = 'adafruit'
+bool_val = True
+int_val = 3
+long_val = 0x80000000
+double_val = 3.1415926535897932
+float_val = +1E6
+
+
+"""
+Let's send some values to our feed
+and properly receive them
+"""
+print("Sending to Adafruit IO...")
+
+# Char
+print('\tSending Character: ', char_val)
+aio.send(type.key, char_val)
+data = aio.receive(type.key).value
+print('\t\tReceived Character: ', str(data))
+
+# String
+print('\n\tSending String: ', string_val)
+aio.send(type.key, string_val)
+data = aio.receive(type.key).value
+print('\t\tReceived String: ', str(data))
+
+# Boolean
+print('\n\tSending Bool: ', bool_val)
+aio.send(type.key, bool_val)
+data = aio.receive(type.key).value
+print('\t\tReceived Bool: ', bool(data))
+
+# Integer
+print('\n\tSending Int: ', int_val)
+aio.send(type.key, int_val)
+data = aio.receive(type.key).value
+print('\t\tReceived Int: ', int(data))
+
+# Long
+print('\n\tSending Long: ', long_val)
+aio.send(type.key, long_val)
+data = aio.receive(type.key).value
+print('\t\tReceived Long: ', int(data))
+
+# Double
+print('\n\tSending Double: ', double_val)
+aio.send(type.key, double_val)
+data = aio.receive(type.key).value
+print('\t\tReceived Double: ', float(data))
+
+# Float
+print('\n\tSending Float: ', float_val)
+aio.send(type.key, float_val)
+data = aio.receive(type.key).value
+print('\t\tReceived Float: ', float(data))