stumped newbe

[trader dude]

https://goo.gl/photos/2GKDMrT24BDquX498

[Mykle1]

@trader-dude It’s not very easy to see those pictures so it’s difficult for me to help you. Can you paste your config here instead of linking it to a picture?

[Mykle1]

@Mykle1 Just put XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX where your api key goes

[yawns]

There is no error message, it just says there is no helper module. That’s fine, these modules don’t use a helper module.

There was another guy some days ago with the same trouble, but he switched to Wunderground so we were unable to troubleshoot

[trader dude]

@trader-dude does that help?give me a sec i will do that

[Mykle1]

@trader-dude Lets start with locationID: That is usually a 6 digit number obtained from openweathermap.org. e.g 512856. Make sure that is correct. Next, the appid: is just a long sequence of numbers and letters obtained from openweathermap.org. e.g 12345gu3454uddu4u5uu64u3. Make sure you enter this exactly as provided. Do not enter the entire url, just the number itself. You need to do that in both the currentweather and weatherforecast.

[trader dude]

@Mykle1 that i have can i post That?

[Mykle1]

@trader-dude said in stumped newbe:

that i have can i post That?

your appid? No, don’t post that. That is yours and it is private

[trader dude]

@trader-dude i had first installed the first version of magic mirror and used a different type of install i think it was called python it worked with my api code.

[Mykle1]

@trader-dude Are you using MagicMirror version 2.1 now?

[trader dude]

there is some kind of warning that comes up when i install the magic mirror

[trader dude]

yes I’m using 2.1

[Mykle1]

@trader-dude There are some warnings that don’t affect the operation of the mirror. Errors are another story

[trader dude]

my location id has 7 digits I looked this up on open weather and i double checked the api and it is correct

[Mykle1]

@trader-dude

Try putting in a location, just to see, but that should not matter. Also, the readme file example of the config entry shows double quotes " instead of single quote '. You might want to try replacing those.

location: "Paris,France",
locationID: "1234567",
appid: "abcde12345abcde12345abcde12345ab"

[Mykle1]

From the readme Using the module Notice, all double quotes"

module: "currentweather",
position: "top_right",	// This can be any of the regions.
		config: {
			location: "Amsterdam,Netherlands",
			locationID: "", 
			appid: "abcde12345abcde12345abcde12345ab"

[trader dude]

@Mykle1 i will try this now and let you know

[trader dude]

@trader-dude ok I tried got same results no display

[Mykle1]

@trader-dude

I sent you a PM message that you never responded to. It might be a hassle but would you be willing to try another weather module? Assuming everything you’ve done is correct then that might be your best option

[trader dude]

sure how do i do that?