MMM-UKNationalRail - Rail departure info for specific UK Railway stations

nwootton

Description:

Retrieves information about rail services running through a specific UK rail station. Built on the Transport API.

See documentation in the README and on the TransportAPI developer portal.

Screenshot:

GitHub Repo: https://github.com/nwootton/MMM-UKNationalRail

McSorley

Not given this a go yet but I’ll be sure to give it a try.
I reckon it will always be marked “Late” though…

nwootton

@McSorley I considered making it flash and make noises if the train was on time, but it’s such an edge case that I didn’t think it was worth the effort! :)

nwootton

Now includes the platform and a slightly better layout.

Mar

@nwootton Thank you so much for this!!! Its my most used module by far and i’ve only had it a week! Wish I could buy you a beer bc you deserve it!

nwootton

@Mar Thanks, I’m glad you like it.

nwootton

New version release - better layout, more display options and ability to run multiple station configs.

Please provide feedback either here, or by opening an issue on GitHub here.

Thanks.

randomnoise

@nwootton This is brilliant, cheers for making this. I was trying to make my own module using this API by attempting to modify existing modules but I never got it running properly & then I moved on to another project. Saw someone on Reddit with a mirror build with UK train data today so I came back to see you’ve completed all the hard work :)

nwootton

@randomnoise Thanks for that, glad you like it. There’s a bus version as well if you want it!

Can you stick a link to the Reddit post up here if you get a chance, would be nice to see one in the wild so to speak!

randomnoise

@nwootton this is the post in DIY https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/6fo4fg/i_too_made_a_magic_mirror/

I’ll check out the bus one as well once my PI finishes downloading updates (shamefully its been sitting on my desk doing nothing for over 6 months while I fiddled about elsewhere).

McSorley

Those kind of reddit posts make me wish I took photos when I built mine. Looks great.

noelandrews

Hi,
apologies, sure i’m doing something obvious but my module isn’t showing up.

I’ve done to install it, git clone… then cd to the folder and npm install

then add to the config.js file (my addition below).

I changed the ’ to " in case that was causing the issue. Still no joy, no errors on the screen it simply doesn’t show up.

Any help would be massively appreciated.
Thanks
Noel

{
                module:                 "MMM-UKNationalRail",
                position:               "bottom_left",
                header:                 "Departures",           //Optional - delete this line to turn OFF the header completely
                config: {
                        stationCode:            "LNB",          // CRS code for station
                        app_id:                         "49d8e014",             // TransportAPI App ID
                        app_key:                        "1a3d4XXXXXXXXXXXceac3d9f14be",             // TransportAPI App Key
                        maxResults:             5,              //Optional - Maximum results to display.
                        showOrigin:             false           //Optional - Show the origin of the train in the table
                }
        },

nwootton

@noelandrews said in MMM-UKNationalRail - Rail departure info for specific UK Railway stations:

I have to say - changing the " to ’ made it work for me.

    {
        module: 'MMM-UKNationalRail',
        position: 'bottom_left',
        header: 'Departures', //Optional - delete this line to turn OFF the header completely
        config: {
            stationCode: 'LNB', // CRS code for station
            app_id: '49XXX014', // TransportAPI App ID
            app_key: '1a3d4XXXXXXXXXXXceac3d9f14be', // TransportAPI App Key
            maxResults: 5, //Optional - Maximum results to display.
            showOrigin: false //Optional - Show the origin of the train in the table
        }
    },

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Also using the API_ID, API_Key and Station code in the actual TransportAPI also worked. Could it be the rest of JSON config that has issues? Have you tried pasting the whole file into something like jsonlint.com to validate it’s right.

I’d STRONGLY advise you remove your API keys from the JSON. Hate for other people to mis-use your account BTW

yawns

@nwootton said in MMM-UKNationalRail - Rail departure info for specific UK Railway stations:

I’d STRONGLY advise you remove your API keys from the JSON. Hate for other people to mis-use your account BTW

Good advise. That’s why I edited his post and replaced several characters with X :)

noelandrews

Thanks for the advice and the edits! Didn’t think about that :)

nwootton

@yawns Explains why my email had the key and the post was XXXXXX.

Thought I was losing it!

funk0id

Absolutely love this plugin, just wish it was still being improved :(

dawookie1979

Hello, i have the module working, i just cant get it to display the title.

{
module: ‘MMM-UKNationalRail’,
position: ‘bottom_left’,
header: ‘Whittlesford Parkway’, //Optional - delete this line to turn OFF the header completely
config: {
stationCode: ‘WLF’, // CRS code for station
app_id: ‘xxxxxxxx’, // TransportAPI App ID
app_key: ‘xxxxxxxxxx’, // TransportAPI App Key
maxResults: 5, //Optional - Maximum results to display.
showOrigin: false //Optional - Show the origin of the train in the table
}

any ideas?

sdetweil

@dawookie1979 u mean the header?

dawookie1979

yes the header is not showing