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&#x27;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 🙏