''
' tk_image_view_url_io_resize.py
display an image from a URL using Tkinter, PIL
and
data_stream
also resize the web image to fit a certain size display widget
retaining its aspect ratio
Pil facilitates resizing
and
allows file formats other then gif
tested with Python27
and
Python33 by vegaseat 18mar2013
''
'
import io
from PIL import Image, ImageTk
try
:
# Python2
import Tkinter
as
tk
from urllib2 import urlopen
except ImportError:
# Python3
import tkinter
as
tk
from urllib.request import urlopen
def resize(w, h, w_box, h_box, pil_image):
''
'
resize a pil_image object so it will fit into
a box of size w_box times h_box, but retain aspect ratio
''
'
f1 = 1.0*w_box/w # 1.0 forces float division in Python2
f2 = 1.0*h_box/h
factor = min([f1, f2])
#
print
(f1, f2, factor) # test
#
use
best down-sizing filter
width = int(w*factor)
height = int(h*factor)
return
pil_image.resize((width, height), Image.ANTIALIAS)
root = tk.Tk()
# size of image display box you want
w_box = 400
h_box = 350
# find yourself a picture on an internet web page you like
# (right click on the picture, under properties
copy
the address)
# a larger (1600 x 1200) picture from the internet
# url name is long, so split it
url1 =
"http://freeflowerpictures.net/image/flowers/petunia/"
url2 =
"petunia-flower.jpg"
url = url1 + url2
image_bytes = urlopen(url).read()
# internal data file
data_stream = io.BytesIO(image_bytes)
# open
as
a PIL image object
pil_image = Image.open(data_stream)
# get the size of the image
w, h = pil_image.size
# resize the image so it retains its aspect ration
# but fits into the specified display box
pil_image_resized = resize(w, h, w_box, h_box, pil_image)
# optionally show resized image info ...
# get the size of the resized image
wr, hr = pil_image_resized.size
# split off image file name
fname = url.split(
'/'
)[-1]
sf =
"resized {} ({}x{})"
.format(fname, wr, hr)
root.title(sf)
# convert PIL image object to Tkinter PhotoImage object
tk_image = ImageTk.PhotoImage(pil_image_resized)
# put the image on a widget the size of the specified display box
label = tk.Label(root, image=tk_image, width=w_box, height=h_box)
label.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
root.mainloop()