From f8334f98acae0a2db2203eaed60433b2c5411711 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arnav Chowdhry <90722645+Arnav7501@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:16:32 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] commit

---
 gcs-react-app/backend/base.py | 118 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 118 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gcs-react-app/backend/base.py b/gcs-react-app/backend/base.py
index eedcc7f..df69262 100644
--- a/gcs-react-app/backend/base.py
+++ b/gcs-react-app/backend/base.py
@@ -146,3 +146,121 @@ def testroute():
     return data
 
 socketio.run(api, debug=True, port=9999)
+import eventlet
+#eventlet.monkey_patch()
+
+from flask import Flask, request
+from flask_cors import CORS
+from flask_socketio import SocketIO
+from threading import Lock
+from Serialport import MockSerialport
+from serial2num_PORT import serial2num
+
+from generate_data import generate
+
+api = Flask(__name__)
+api.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'secret!'
+CORS(api, resources={r"/*": {"origins": "http://localhost:3000"}})     # allows requests to /api/ pages from origin localhost:3000 (frontend)
+socketio = SocketIO(api, async_mode="eventlet", cors_allowed_origins="*", ping_interval=5, always_connect=True)
+
+thread_lock = Lock()
+
+ser = MockSerialport()
+state = {"IMU" : [],
+         "HIGH_G_ACCEL" : [],
+         "LOW_G_ACCEL" : [],
+         "GYROSCOPE" : [],
+         "BAROMETER" : [],
+         "MAGNETOMETER" : []}
+
+queue = []
+
+# TODO:
+# - send graph state to frontend on connect
+# - change update_data() to start on backend start, rather than first user connect
+# - clean up backend structure (https://hackersandslackers.com/flask-application-factory/)
+
+# generates randomized data from a serialport every 2 seconds
+def update_data():
+    global ser, queue
+    while True:
+        socketio.sleep(2)
+        print("updated data!")
+        generate(ser)
+        data = serial2num(ser)
+        for item in data:
+            queue.insert(0, item)
+
+# sends any data waiting in the queue to the frontend
+def send_data():
+    global queue, state
+    count = 0
+    while True:
+        socketio.sleep(1)
+        while len(queue) > 0:
+            count += 1
+            print('Sending data...')
+            packet = queue.pop()
+
+            #send only IMU data (FOR TESTING PURPOUSE)
+            if (packet[0] == "IMU"):
+                state[packet[0]].extend(packet[2])
+                state[packet[0]][-5:]
+                print(packet) 
+                socketio.emit(f'send_data_{packet[0]}',
+                        {'label': 'Server generated event', 
+                        'name': packet[0],
+                        'num': packet[1],
+                        'data': packet[2],
+                        'count': count})
+
+            #send all types of data
+            state[packet[0]].extend(packet[2])
+            state[packet[0]][-5:]
+            print(packet) 
+            socketio.emit(f'send_data_{packet[0]}',
+                        {'label': 'Server generated event', 
+                        'name': packet[0],
+                        'num': packet[1],
+                        'data': packet[2],
+                        'count': count})
+
+def send_state():
+    global state
+    for s in state:
+        socketio.emit(f'send_data_{s}',
+                      {'label': 'Server generated event',
+                       'name': s,
+                       'num': len(state[s]),
+                       'data': state[s]})
+
+# inits threads on first connect and maintains connected_users
+@socketio.on("connect")
+def connect_msg():
+    print(request.sid)
+    print('Client is connected!')
+    send_state()
+    socketio.emit('connected', {'data': f"id: {request.sid} is connected."})
+
+# stops send_data thread if no users are connected
+@socketio.on("disconnect")
+def disconnect_msg():
+    print('Client disconnected!')
+
+@socketio.on("reconnect")
+def reconnect_msg():
+    print('Client reconnected!')
+
+# example GET route
+@api.route('/api/test')
+def testroute():
+    data = {
+        "velocity": 1,
+        "accel": 2
+    }
+
+    return data
+
+socketio.start_background_task(update_data)
+socketio.start_background_task(send_data)
+socketio.run(api, debug=True, port=9999)