Module for MagicMirror forum

[KristjanESPERANTO]

The forum has an API. Has anyone built a module for it? One could display unread messages (https://forum.magicmirror.builders/api/unread) and/or notifications (https://forum.magicmirror.builders/api/notifications) for example.

[bugsounet]

@KristjanESPERANTO you need a token, you can’t do something without it

Only admin can send it

[karsten13]

some api urls seem to work without authentication, e.g.

❯ curl -s https://forum.magicmirror.builders/api/recent/posts/day | jq -r '.[].topic.title'
Default Weather Module Icon Position
Module for MagicMirror forum
MMM-Formula1 updates
MMM-Formula1 updates
MMM-Formula1 updates
Live phone location
Refresh Magic Mirror after custom css changes
Module for MagicMirror forum
Refresh Magic Mirror after custom css changes
MMM-QuotesFromReddit
Refresh Magic Mirror after custom css changes

[karsten13]

the use of a csrf token is restricted to admins (as already mentioned by @bugsounet), there is a hack described here to open this for all users but I don’t think we should do this.

For accessing the read(-only) api you can use a cookie from your browser, e.g.

curl --cookie "express.sid=xxxxxxx" https://forum.magicmirror.builders/api/unread

but this would be challenging to use in a module for mm …

[bugsounet]

best way is using RSS

like this

[KristjanESPERANTO]

@bugsounet Okay, that’s nice. But is it possible to get unread messages or notifications using RSS?

[bugsounet]

nop it’s not possible

read api doc

The API key is managed from the admin panel
It is given so that the user has access to it for external use

I don’t think that Veeck and @karsten13 will send it ;)

That why best way is using recent only by rss

my first js approach:

let Parser = require('rss-parser');
let parser = new Parser();
let rss = "https://forum.magicmirror.builders/recent.rss";

(async () => {

  let feed = await parser.parseURL(rss);

  feed.items.forEach(item => {
    console.log(item.title + ' --> ' + item.link)
  });

})();

Result:

bugsounet@Kubuntu:~/test$ node test
Module for MagicMirror forum --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18611/module-for-magicmirror-forum
MMM-Formula1 updates --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18608/mmm-formula1-updates
Default Weather Module Icon Position --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18484/default-weather-module-icon-position
Live phone location --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18612/live-phone-location
Ability to display certain modules at certain times of the year? --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18613/ability-to-display-certain-modules-at-certain-times-of-the-year
Yahoo Fantasy Sports? --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18614/yahoo-fantasy-sports
A shopping list model that is integrated with Google Assistant --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18606/a-shopping-list-model-that-is-integrated-with-google-assistant
MMM-DHT22 --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/17978/mmm-dht22
Refresh Magic Mirror after custom css changes --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18609/refresh-magic-mirror-after-custom-css-changes
MMM-QuotesFromReddit --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4440/mmm-quotesfromreddit
set the calendar day to a short version --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18610/set-the-calendar-day-to-a-short-version
New icons not showing up - default MM-Weather modules --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/17983/new-icons-not-showing-up-default-mm-weather-modules
[MMM-OnThisDayWikiApi] - Get Wikipedia's OnThisDay using the Wikimedia API --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18261/mmm-onthisdaywikiapi-get-wikipedia-s-onthisday-using-the-wikimedia-api
MMM-CalendarExt3 --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/16690/mmm-calendarext3
August-Lock Module Stuck on Loading --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18607/august-lock-module-stuck-on-loading
MMM-CalendarExt3 not syncing automatically with icloud --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18598/mmm-calendarext3-not-syncing-automatically-with-icloud
delete account --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18341/delete-account
Ecobee --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/701/ecobee
PiHole-Info Modul --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18603/pihole-info-modul
My custom mirror --> https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/18600/my-custom-mirror

[KristjanESPERANTO]

I’ve done it! 🥳 Checkout https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19133/mmm-forum.

For accessing the read(-only) api you can use a cookie from your browser, e.g.

@karsten13 Thank you! That was the hint that led me to the solution 🙏