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      sdetweil @pauabaer
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      @pauabaer that means there was an error

      open the developers window
      ctrl-shift-i
      select the console tab
      put cal in the filter field
      and you may see the error , I changed to match one of my cal event titles
      but the regex doesn’t work…

      Screenshot at 2025-05-09 16-46-53.png

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        pauabaer @sdetweil
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        @sdetweil
        Thanks for helping.

        I tried to figure out. Went to the console tab and put the filter on cal.
        I get an error your yearmatch is that right? But I don’t know how to deal with it. Can you give me a hint?

        Bildschirmfoto 2025-05-17 um 15.12.20.jpeg.png

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          sdetweil @pauabaer
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          @pauabaer its a regular expression to extract the parts of the date,

          i would use the developers window sources tab to locate that code in the calendar module and examine the data it is working with

          i might get a chance later today

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            sdetweil @pauabaer
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            @pauabaer could you add

            ,"DEBUG"
            

            to the config.js logLevel property
            as well as your transform
            and run MM with (stop pm2 version , with pm2 stop MagicMirror)

            npm start >somefile.txt 2>&1

            so we can see the actual text of the event
            (watch out, the log output contains the COMPLETE text of the calendar url)

            I only need the text of the event… (it supposedly has the date in it)

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              pauabaer @sdetweil
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              @sdetweil
              Finally I got some time to test. See the pic below:

              IMG_2563.jpeg

              I got the message that there is one entry but no title is shown. Did I do something wrong?

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                sdetweil @pauabaer
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                @pauabaer you didn’t add the debug setting to config.js

                the transform happens in the front end, the backend (node_helper) gets the events from source and formats them for frontend.tye log you showed is from the backend

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                  pauabaer @sdetweil
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                  @sdetweil
                  I did add the debug setting but presumably at the wrong position.
                  Thought I should add it here:

                  
                  module: "calendar",
                  header: "Familienkalender",
                  position: "top_left",
                                     config:{
                                            loglevel: ["DEBUG"],
                                                          customEvents: [
                                                                  {
                                                                  keyword: "Geburtstag",
                                                                  symbol: "birthday-cake",
                                                                  transform: {
                                                                          search: "^([^\']*) \'(\\d{4})$",
                                                                          replace: "$1 ($2)",
                                                                          yearmatchgroup: 2
                                                                          }
                                                                  }
                  
                  
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                    sdetweil @pauabaer
                    last edited by sdetweil

                    @pauabaer logevel is above the modules list
                    its not a module setting

                    IMG_1297.png

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                      pauabaer @sdetweil
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                      @sdetweil
                      Meanwhile I found the right place. Sorry for this.
                      In the pic below you can see the entry.

                      IMG_2565.png

                      Does help you?

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                        sdetweil
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                        your search regex is wrong,

                        ^(.+) (\\d{4}) Geburtstag$
                        

                        its captures EVERYTHING from the start… and there is nothing left for the remainder of the expression

                        you need to capture any character UP to the 1st space,

                        ^([^\s]+) (\d{4}) Gerburstag$
                        

                        I use https://regex101.com/ to test (see below)

                        escape the backslash as required

                        Screenshot at 2025-05-25 08-02-23.png

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