add python script to write json into file received by serial

serial-to-file.py

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+#!/bin/python3
+
+# script to write json received by serial into a file
+# bookmarks
+# 
+# threading: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9848464/how-to-listen-to-http-requests-and-a-serial-channel-in-the-same-python-program
+# wait for serial input: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13017840/using-pyserial-is-it-possible-to-wait-for-data
+import serial
+import time
+
+ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyACM0', baudrate = 115200, timeout = 6)
+outfile = "epever-tracer.json"
+#time.sleep(3)
+
+#ser.readline()
+while 1:
+#    ser.readline()
+    Data = ser.readline().decode('ascii')
+    print(Data)
+    outFile = open(outfile, "w")
+    outFile.write(Data)
+    outFile.close
+
+##while 1:
+##    # {  "command": "switch",  "arg": "one",  "state": "off", "ver":"1690931931"}
+##    userInput = input('> ')
+##    ser.write(str(userInput).encode('ascii'))
+##    arduinoData = ser.readline().decode('ascii')
+##    print(arduinoData)
+
+
+##def getValues():
+##    #ser.write(b'g')
+##    lol = "g"
+##    ser.write(str(lol).encode('ascii'))
+##    arduinoData = ser.readline().decode('ascii')
+##    return arduinoData
+##
+##while 1:
+##    userInput = input('Get data point?')
+##    
+##    if userInput == 'y':
+##        print(getValues())
+