Data Collection & ASCII Image

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Description

The purpose of this python script is twofold: it collects data from the Pokemon API and stores the information as a JSON file in assets/{id}.json and creates a colorful ASCII image which in turn is stored in the same directory as a {id}.txt file. It uses ANSI escape sequences from the colorama module for the color output (each Pokemon takes up 20x20 characters of space). Installation instructions and basic usage are explained in the README file, but for your convenience here's a quick summary:

Installation

$ python -m venv venv/
$ source venv/Scripts/activate
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Basic Usage

$ # get help
$ python gen_data.py --help
$ # creates a new JSON file in assets/
$ python gen_data.py make --id 1
$ # creates a new ascii image as txt file in assets/ and prints a preview
$ python gen_data.py --verbose ascii --id 1 --mirror

This script has been tested with the following terminals successfully on Windows:

• Windows Terminal
• PowerShell
• CMD
• Git Bash
• MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit

Both Git Bash and MSYS2 don't print colorful output. Please test this script and report back if your terminal displays the ascii image in color (important: include the --verbose flag to enable the preview in the ascii command).

Preview

Result ran in Windows Terminal:

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A relevant issue was raised in the colorama repo in February of this year