Made Scott's requested changes

Author: makermelissa

adafruit_matrixportal/fakerequests.py

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 """
 
+import json
+
 __version__ = "0.0.0-auto.0"
 __repo__ = "https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_MatrixPortal.git"
 
@@ -34,11 +36,14 @@ class Fake_Requests:
 
     def __init__(self, filename):
         self._filename = filename
-        with open(filename, "r") as file:
-            self.text = file.read()
 
     def json(self):
         """json parsed version for local requests."""
-        import json  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
-
-        return json.loads(self.text)
+        with open(self._filename, "r") as file:
+            return json.load(file)
+
+    @property
+    def text(self):
+        """raw text version for local requests."""
+        with open(self._filename, "r") as file:
+            return file.read()

adafruit_matrixportal/network.py

@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ def get_local_time(self, location=None):
         now = time.struct_time(
             (year, month, mday, hours, minutes, seconds, week_day, year_day, is_dst)
         )
-        print(now)
         rtc.RTC().datetime = now
 
         # now clean up

adafruit_matrixportal/wifi.py

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ def __init__(self, *, status_neopixel=None, esp=None, external_spi=None):
                 spi, esp32_cs, esp32_ready, esp32_reset, esp32_gpio0
             )
 
+        self._manager = None
+
         gc.collect()
 
     def neo_status(self, value):
@@ -84,5 +86,9 @@ def neo_status(self, value):
             self.neopix.fill(value)
 
     def manager(self, secrets):
-        """Initialize and return the WiFi Manager"""
-        return adafruit_esp32spi_wifimanager.ESPSPI_WiFiManager(self.esp, secrets, None)
+        """Initialize the WiFi Manager if it hasn't been cached and return it"""
+        if self._manager is None:
+            self._manager = adafruit_esp32spi_wifimanager.ESPSPI_WiFiManager(
+                self.esp, secrets, None
+            )
+        return self._manager