config error somewhere, need help

[TaylorTech22]

I ran it through a syntax validator and everything checks out with that, but I’m still getting the Please create a config file error. I was modifying the MMM-iFrame module and hit a wrong key and the config closed. after bringing it back open i saved and reloaded and now nothing. I cant figure it out. Thanks for any help. Here’s my config file:

var config = {
        port: 8080,
        ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
                                                               // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
                                                               // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
                                                               // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
                                                               // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],

        language: "en",
        timeFormat: 12,
        units: "imperial",



 modules: [
                {
                        module: "alert",
                },
                {
                        module: "updatenotification",
                        position: "top_bar"
                },
                {
                        module: 'MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic',
                        position: 'middle_center',
                        config: {
                        key: 'AIzaSyAQ7aXDzoA9IPfkxFmsl-V2HAat_vU0LhE',
                        lat: 41.5670065,
                        lng: -87.160403,
                        height: '300px',
                        width: '500px'
                        }
                },
                {
                        module: "clock",
                        position: "top_center",
                        timezone: "America/Chicago"
                },
                {
                        module: 'MMM-iFrame',
                        position: 'bottom_bar',
                        config: {
                                url: ["https://app.actiontiles.com/panel/a8583a72-680a-47ea-8f51-7264b23617df"],
                                updateInterval: 0.5 * 60 * 1000,
                                width: "100%",
                                height: "510px"
                        }
                },
 {
                        module: "calendar",
                        header: "US Holidays",
                        position: "top_left",
                        config: {
                                calendars: [
                                        {
                                                symbol: "calendar-check-o ",
                                                url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics"
                                        }
                                ]
                        }
                },
                {
                        module: "compliments",
                        position: "lower_third"
                },
                {
                        module: "currentweather",
                        position: "top_right",
                        config: {
                                location: "Portage",
                                locationID: "4925006",  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
                                appid: "6666861a53a2f121c1e1f0f76accef00"
                        }
                },
 {
                        module: "weatherforecast",
                        position: "top_right",
                        header: "Weather Forecast",
                        config: {
                                location: "Portage, IN",
                                locationID: "4925006",  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
                                appid: "6666861a53a2f121c1e1f0f76accef00"
                        }
                },
                {
                        module: 'MMM-Nest',
                        position: 'top_right',
                        config: {
                                token:"c.iaFlhM5fBxDothVhOjhmeYA4ETBv0wCk175fAjgyfGZlXTvFGjOTdbzRG1zF117wqzduags7XigHcP4Lxb4t18g6YkVxmm7z0IbaHGYvLNFoO5zFgxe3k0Z3oDhsGL9LhBglQVohNeEUYQOc",
                                displayType: 'visual',
                                displayMode: 'nest'
                        }
                },
  {
                        module: "newsfeed",
                        position: "top_bar",
                        config: {
                                feeds: [
                                        {
                                                title: "New York Times",
                                                url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
                                        }
                                ],
                                showSourceTitle: true,
                                showPublishDate: true
                        }
                },
        ]

};

[strawberry 3.141]

@TaylorTech22 do you have the following line at the bottom?

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

also is your config file named correctly

[TaylorTech22]

@strawberry-3.141 yes i do i just didnt include in the copy-paste

[TaylorTech22]

@strawberry-3.141 config/config. js is what I enter

[iamoric]

@TaylorTech22 Did you to remove the modules one by one to see which one is going wrong ?

[cowboysdude]

My suggestion would be start over… use the standard config and add one thing at a time…see if it works then add the next until you get to what’s not working…

[cowboysdude]

@TaylorTech22 said in config error somewhere, need help:

@strawberry-3.141 config/config. js is what I enter

What do you mean?

[strawberry 3.141]

another thing I could spot from viewing your config is that the timezone for the clock module should go into a config: {}, but this will not help you out with the black screen.

[A Former User]

Somebody should make EASY configuration system, or… all module developers should provide DEFAULT ACTIVE SAMPLE CONFIGURATION.
Or, at least, neater JSlint parser should be supported.

[strawberry 3.141]

@Sean all you mentioned exists ;)

[A Former User]

@strawberry-3.141 ??? exists?

[TaylorTech22]

@cowboysdude @strawberry-3-141 asked if my config file was named correctly

[strawberry 3.141]

@Sean there is remotecontrol and admininterface to configure the mirror, most of the devs supply a sample config without api keys and and somewhere out there is a linter https://twitter.com/roramirez/ status/843121280601669632 @roramirez

[TaylorTech22]

@cowboysdude so whats the easy way to start over? may seem like a dumb question, but how to I remove current config and use default

[strawberry 3.141]

@TaylorTech22 here is the sample config file https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/blob/master/config/config.js.sample

[TaylorTech22]

@strawberry-3.141 just delete whats in there and paste this?

[TaylorTech22]

well, I figured it out… Thats what i get for not pasting the ENTIRE file into the syntax checker. The very first item of very first line had a ] before the text. dont know how it got there. good thing i copied my original config in a text editor. Thanks for all the help.

[A Former User]

@strawberry-3.141 Sounds nice. but looks not sufficient for beginners. (For me, sometimes configuration problem throws a headache to me. Even that module was which I made.) Maybe we need totally different approach in next version.(But I have no idea how to do. )

I’m not a developer, I worked as products and business designer, so I meet not only experts but also the end users in every day . One thing I’ve found, MM is a real good toy for hobbyists. but this approach is somehow difficult to who is not familiar with IT.

Whatever, my mention was just grumbling. nevermind. :)

[A Former User]

@TaylorTech22 Congratulation! :D

[Mykle1]

@Sean said in config error somewhere, need help:

all module developers should provide DEFAULT ACTIVE SAMPLE CONFIGURATION.

Personally, I DO provide a config entry with each module and I think most others do, as well. However, I have seen some that were not complete, where copying and pasting would only result in an error.

In the meantime, I refer people to How to add modules, which should give them a better understanding of the process.