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A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.

Google Photos API changing - MMM-GooglePhotos will stop working soon.

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    sdetweil @Andresleonsalas
    last edited by Feb 23, 2025, 4:49 PM

    @Andresleonsalas I use an updated version of MMM-ImagesPhotos

    see my fork https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-ImagesPhotos

    supports recursive image folder…

    I am picky about displaying my photos…
    I don’t want cover or contain, I want consistent aspect ratio…
    fit vertical or horizontal and adjust the other to the physical size…

    Sam

    How to add modules

    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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      gonzonia @sdetweil
      last edited by Feb 24, 2025, 6:07 PM

      @sdetweil Thanks. I got that up and running. One thing I wish it had (and I don’t think any module does). I’d like to show some of the EXIF data.
      At a minimum, the date the photo was taken, but ideally, also lookup the location and display that in a friendly manner (i.e. City, State, Country)

      I thought, “that shouldn’t be too hard” but I don’t understand modules and the relationship of node helper to the main js. I’m not sure how to load the appropriate library to access the exif data.

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        sdetweil @gonzonia
        last edited by sdetweil Feb 24, 2025, 7:30 PM Feb 24, 2025, 6:24 PM

        @gonzonia modulename.js runs in a browser
        but a browser cannot access files, except thru a web server,
        also cant access hardware (gpio)

        so the node_helper runs on server as task, so it can

        there is an api to send request to helper and get response back,
        this module uses another trick, by accessing a web link to a file

        anyhow , here is a drawing i did years ago to explain this, its truncated on the side on purpose, as its just repetitive

        module-parts.jpeg

        my sample module shows all that operation
        https://github.com/sdetweil/SampleModule

        anyhow, one could extend the response to include the exif data

        here is a nodejs lib that does exif
        https://www.npmjs.com/package/exif

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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          gonzonia @sdetweil
          last edited by Feb 24, 2025, 8:35 PM

          @sdetweil Thanks. That’s helpful. But I think it’s still above my pay-grade. I may poke around and see if I can figure something out, but I’m not sure I can. I conceptually understand what’s happening, but don’t see it in the code in a way that is clicking for me such that I can just make a call to an Exif method where it pulls the data from the file.

          I’ve come across a couple of other modules who are doing some of it, but again, I’m not quite sure I understand how the data is being passed around so that I can correctly apply the logic in the right place.

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            gonzonia @gonzonia
            last edited by Feb 24, 2025, 8:51 PM

            @sdetweil MMM-BackgroundSlideshow seems to do exactly what I want, but I think your handling of formatting the images is better.

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