Memberbooth

A GUI application for letting members log in on a public machine and interact with their data. It connects to a makeradmin backend where the data resides. Memberbooth can perform the following:

• Display current member status (lab membership end date)
• Print labels for storage boxes (with QR code that can be scanned with the box-terminator functionality built-in to makeradmin) and labels for other temporary storage.

Optional Slack usage logging can be enabled.

This is used at Stockholm Makerspace for their memberbooth.

Prerequisites

• You need to obtain a token from the makeradmin backend that has the correct permissions for accessing the "memberbooth" endpoints. You can find it in the Settings page.

Installation

Supported OS: Linux (possibly works on mac and windows too, but not guaranteed)

Install the uv package manager: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/

Usage

Starting up the memberbooth

memberbooth.py runs the memberbooth GUI application.

uv run ./memberbooth.py

If you want to run against a custom backend (e.g. for development purposes), then you need to supply the -u argument.

Logging in

The memberbooth application is then logged in by running the login.py script. This script will log in to the backend and a optionally a slack notification system.

Printing labels from the command line

print_label.py prints labels for members.

uv run ./print_label.py <member_number> --no-printer --type=box

Types of labels

Example label images can be found in the examples directory:

Box label

Temporary storage label

Warning label

Name tag

Meetup label

3D printer filament label

Supported printers

• Brother QL 800
• Brother QL 800W
• Possibly more models in the Brother QL series

Note that the "Editor Lite" mode must be off for it to work.