Compliments: RemoteFile Configuration

sdetweil

@lavolp3 another thing to say is

the MagicMirror provided web server assumes

modules is the root
express is listening/watching for modules as the base path

the file can be anywhere further down

jacktar

Ok, thanks. Got that sorted now :)
Hopefully this will help others with the same dilemma.
I had read a post referencing the use of file://
notation which, apparently, is a red-herring.

Just for clarity to others, a local compliments.json
file should be located in /pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/compliments/ directory and referenced using only the file name in the config file.

e.g. remoteFile: 'compliments.json'

kayakbabe

@jacktar said in Compliments: RemoteFile Configuration:

Just for clarity to others, a local compliments.json
file should be located in /pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/compliments/ directory and referenced using only the file name in the config file.
e.g. remoteFile: ‘compliments.json’

So… what happens if we update the compliments module? Do our customizations in the compliments.json file get wiped out?
can we put the compliments.json somewhere else to protect it?

sdetweil

@kayakbabe yes they will be lost.
.NEVER edit the source files we provide.

the design is that all your setting go in config.js
and custom.css for colors etc.

module :"compliments",
position:"....",
config:{
    compliments:{
               morning:[],
                afternoon:[],
              etc
     }
}

Assassins

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