#!/usr/bin/env python import time import serial import requests API_ENDPOINT = 'http://192.168.1.13:8080/parkingStatus' parkingCode = "1" ser = serial.Serial( port='/dev/ttyACM0', baudrate = 9600, parity=serial.PARITY_NONE, stopbits=serial.STOPBITS_ONE, bytesize=serial.EIGHTBITS, timeout=1 ) counter=0 prev_status = ser.readline() while 1: park_status = ser.readline() try: if park_status != prev_status: if b'1' in park_status: data = """{"no":""" + parkingCode + ""","status":1}""" r = requests.post(url = API_ENDPOINT, data = data) print("parking reserved. RESPONSE :", r.status_code, "\n") elif b'0' in park_status: data = """{"no":""" + parkingCode + ""","status":0}""" r = requests.post(url = API_ENDPOINT, data = data) print("parking not reserved. RESPONSE : ", r.status_code, "\n") except NameError: print("**Not already prev variable.\n") prev_status = park_status