adding example directory and script

example/adafruit_portalbase_simpletest.py

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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Scott Shawcroft, written for Adafruit Industries
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+"""
+NOTE: This PortalBase library is intended to be subclassed by other libraries rather than
+used directly by end users. This example shows one such usage with the PyPortal library.
+See MatrixPortal, MagTag, and PyPortal libraries for more examples.
+"""
+# NOTE: Make sure you've created your secrets.py file before running this example
+# https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-pyportal/internet-connect#whats-a-secrets-file-17-2
+
+
+import board
+from adafruit_pyportal import PyPortal
+
+# Set a data source URL
+TEXT_URL = "http://wifitest.adafruit.com/testwifi/index.html"
+
+# Create the PyPortal object
+pyportal = PyPortal(url=TEXT_URL, status_neopixel=board.NEOPIXEL)
+
+# Set display to show REPL
+board.DISPLAY.show(None)
+
+# Go get that data
+print("Fetching text from", TEXT_URL)
+data = pyportal.fetch()
+
+# Print out what we got
+print("-" * 40)
+print(data)
+print("-" * 40)