Using GIF images in Python GUI scripts

26 Feb Using GIF images in Python GUI scripts

Knocked My Socks Off!

My coworkers and I attended our first JAMF Nation conference this past October. The last session I attended on the first day knocked my socks off. Bryson Tyrrell of JAMF showed off an iPhone ordering script he wrote in Python and Tk. I’ve written some Tk, but it was a long time ago and I remember it being an uncomfortable experience. It seems a lot has changed. His script included an image that would dynamically change based on user interaction. It was so cool I knew I needed to make use of this technique as soon as I could.

The script I’m currently working on will be used to populate inventory data in our Casper management system, collating data from LDAP, MySQL and the JSS. Being able to include images takes the look-and-feel to another level. Showing the user what the appropriate asset tag looks like should increase the likelihood that the correct data will be input.

Encoding an Image

Here is a simple script that will properly encode a GIF image to be included in a script:

#!/usr/bin/python
import base64
import sys

def main():
    filepath = sys.argv[1]

    print  '*' * 10 + ' copy after this line ' + '*' * 10
    print "variablename='''\\\n" + base64.encodestring(open(filepath, "rb").read(  )) + "'''"
    print  '*' * 10 + ' copy before this line ' + '*' * 10

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

The following image of Swoop is shown encoded below.

./image_encoder_simple.py ~/Desktop/swoop.gif
********** copy after this line **********
variablename='''\
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH5
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< ... >

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'''
********** copy before this line **********

Using your Image

Here is a simple Tk script that will display our encoded image:

#!/usr/bin/python
from Tkinter import *
import ttk


def main():

    # encoded image
    swoop = '''\
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    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH5
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    '''

    # setting up the Tk environment
    root = Tk()
    root.title("Swoop!")
    mainframe = ttk.Frame(root, padding=(12, 12, 12, 12))
    mainframe.grid(column=0, row=0)
    root.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
    root.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
    mainframe.columnconfigure(1, weight=1)

    # define the image
    asset_label=ttk.Label(mainframe)
    asset_photoimage=PhotoImage(data=swoop)
    asset_label['image'] = asset_photoimage
    asset_label.grid(column=1, row=1)

    root.mainloop()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Here’s what the running script looks like:

Other Options

I’m currently using TKinter/ttk as they are included in the stock Python install, but support is limited to GIF and PGM/PPM formats. However, there are a couple other options when it comes to displaying images in python. The Python Imaging Library (PIL) offered many more image formats, but development appears to have ceased. Pillow forked PIL and is under active development.