started working towards cleaning up the card data, split the program into smaller more specialized files to improve readability

main.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#! /usr/bin/python
+
+from read import *
+from parse import *
+
+def get_intro():
+    return """
+                      ___                      _ 
+/'\_/`\              |  _`\                   ( )
+|     |   _ _    __  | (_) )   __     _ _    _| |
+| (_) | /'_` ) /'_ `\| ,  /  /'__`\ /'_` ) /'_` |
+| | | |( (_| |( (_) || |\ \ (  ___/( (_| |( (_| |
+(_) (_)`\__,_)`\__  |(_) (_)`\____)`\__,_)`\__,_)
+              ( )_) |                            
+               \___/'                            
+    """
+
+def get_card_data(device):
+    raw_data = read(device)
+    card_data = parse_raw_data(raw_data)
+
+    return card_data
+
+def get_card_string(device):
+    card = get_card_data(device)
+
+    return card
+
+def main():
+    print(get_intro())
+    readers = get_readers()
+    device = get_device_from_readers(readers)
+    if device is None:
+        return
+    while True:
+        
+        print(f"\n{get_card_string(device)}")
+        print("\n"*3)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

parse.py

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+def parse_trim_start(raw_data):
+    for i in range(len(raw_data)):
+        cur_byte = raw_data[i].to_bytes(1,"big")
+        if cur_byte != b'\x00' and cur_byte!= b"\x10":
+            return raw_data[i:]
+    return b""
+
+def parse_trim_end(raw_data):
+    index = 0
+    for i in range(len(raw_data)):
+        if raw_data[i].to_bytes(1,"big") != b'\x00':
+            index = i
+    return raw_data[:index+1]
+
+
+
+def get_tracks_from_raw_data(raw_data):
+    SPLIT_CHAR = b"?"
+
+    raw_data = parse_trim_end(parse_trim_start(raw_data))
+    tracks = [parse_trim_end(parse_trim_start(track)) for track in raw_data.split(SPLIT_CHAR)]
+
+    for track in tracks:
+        print(f"\t{track}")
+
+    return tracks
+
+
+def parse_raw_data(raw_data):
+    tracks = get_tracks_from_raw_data(raw_data)
+    card_data = {}
+
+    for item in ["Track1", "Track2", "Track3"]:
+        card_data[item]={}
+    
+    # T1
+    card_data["Track1"]["PAN"] = ""
+    card_data["Track1"]["NAME"] = ""
+    card_data["Track1"]["DATA"] = ""
+
+    # T2
+    card_data["Track2"]["PAN"]=""
+    card_data["Track2"]["DATA"]=""
+
+    # T3
+    card_data["Track3"]["PAN"]= ""
+    card_data["Track3"]["DATA"]=""
+
+    return card_data

read.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#! /usr/bin/python
 import hid
 
+
 def get_readers():
     return [item for item in hid.enumerate() if item["manufacturer_string"]=="Mag-Tek"]
 
@@ -30,38 +30,5 @@ def get_device_from_readers(readers):
 
 def read(device):
     print("Waiting for swipe...")
-    return device.read(256)[3:]
+    return device.read(256)
 
-def parse_raw_data(raw_data):
-    END_CHAR = ";"
-    START_CHAR = "%"
-    SPLIT_CHAR = b"?"
-
-    print(raw_data)
-    tracks = raw_data.split(SPLIT_CHAR)
-
-    print(tracks)
-    return
-
-    data = raw_data.decode()
-
-
-
-    end = end if end != -1 else len(data)
-    tracks = data[start:end].replace('\x00','').replace("\x10","").split(SPLIT_CHAR)
-    final_output = [track for track in tracks if len(track)!=0]
-
-    return final_output
-
-def main():
-    readers = get_readers()
-    device = get_device_from_readers(readers)
-    if device is None:
-        return
-    while True:
-        raw_data = read(device)
-        print(parse_raw_data(raw_data))
-        print()
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()