How to update(insert data fetched from API) multiple entry widgets of tkinter after X seconds ?

Vikram Samak — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 06:07:17 +0000

I am working on a currency dashboard project, in which I am showing the values of currencies (fetched from API) in entry widgets. And I want to update them after every 10 seconds, how can I do that ?``

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from matplotlib.pyplot import text
import schedule
import time
from tkinter import *
import tkinter
import json
from tkinter import font

import requests

def update():

    res = requests.get("https://freecurrencyapi.net/api/v2/latest?apikey=5f880ac0-9921-11ec-8d8a-a5086e90d9d6",params={"base-currency":"USD"})
    datafromserver = res.json()
    BHD = datafromserver['data']['BHD']

    OMR= datafromserver['data']['OMR']

    JOD= datafromserver['data']['JOD']

    GBP= datafromserver['data']['GBP']

    KYD= datafromserver['data']['KYD']

    EUR= datafromserver['data']['EUR']

    CHF = datafromserver['data']['CHF']

    INR = datafromserver['data']['INR']

    currencies=[BHD,OMR,JOD,GBP,KYD,EUR,CHF,INR]

    print(currencies)



    E1.delete(0,END)
    E1.insert(0,BHD)

    E2.delete(0, END)
    E2.insert(0, OMR)

    E3.delete(0,END)
    E3.insert(0,JOD)

    E4.delete(0, END)
    E4.insert(0, GBP)

    E5.delete(0,END)
    E5.insert(0,KYD)

    E6.delete(0,END)
    E6.insert(0,EUR)

    E7.delete(0, END)
    E7.insert(0, CHF)

    E8.delete(0,END)
    E8.insert(0,INR)

    L9.config(fg="Green")
    E1.after(5000,update)

window = tkinter.Tk()
window.title("CURRENCY DASHBOARD")
window.geometry('1300x300')

mainlabel = Label(window, text="Real Time Currency Dashboard",font=("Arial", 30))
mainlabel.grid(row=0,columnspan=5)

L1 = Label(window, text="BHD",font=("Arial",15))
L1.grid(row=1, column=1, padx=50, pady=25)
E1 = Entry(window,font=("Arial", 15))
E1.grid(row=2,column=1,padx=50)

L2 = Label(window, text="OMR",font=("Arial",15))
L2.grid(row=1, column=2, padx=50, pady=25)
E2 = Entry(window,font=("Arial", 15))
E2.grid(row=2,column=2,padx=50)

L3 = Label(window, text="JOD",font=("Arial",15))
L3.grid(row=1, column=3, padx=50, pady=25)
E3 = Entry(window,font=("Arial", 15))
E3.grid(row=2,column=3,padx=50)

L4 = Label(window, text="GBP",font=("Arial",15))
L4.grid(row=1,column=4,padx=50, pady=25)
E4 = Entry(window,font=("Arial", 15))
E4.grid(row=2, column=4, padx=50)

L5 = Label(window, text="KYD", font=("Arial", 15))
L5.grid(row=3,column=1,padx=50, pady=25)
E5 = Entry(window,font=("Arial", 15))
E5.grid(row=4, column=1, padx=50)

L6 = Label(window, text="EUR", font=("Arial", 15))
L6.grid(row=3,column=2,padx=50, pady=25)
E6 = Entry(window,font=("Arial", 15))
E6.grid(row=4, column=2, padx=50)

L7 = Label(window, text="CHF", font=("Arial", 15))
L7.grid(row=3,column=3,padx=50, pady=25)
E7 = Entry(window,font=("Arial", 15))
E7.grid(row=4, column=3, padx=50)

L8 = Label(window, text="INR", font=("Arial", 15))
L8.grid(row=3, column=4, padx=50, pady=25)
E8 = Entry(window,font=("Arial", 15))
E8.grid(row=4, column=4, padx=50)

L9=Label(window,text="UPDATING")
L9.grid(row=5, columnspan=5 ,padx=50)
update()
window.mainloop()
`

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How to update(insert data fetched from API) multiple entry widgets of tkinter after X seconds ?

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