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  • M Offline
    Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer
    last edited by Oct 24, 2017, 1:41 AM

    https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4231/how-to-add-modules-for-absolute-beginners

    Create a working config
    How to add modules

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      cowboysdude Module Developer
      last edited by cowboysdude Oct 24, 2017, 1:49 AM Oct 24, 2017, 1:44 AM

      Rule of thumb for new guys/gals…

      Add one module at a time… if your config works then back it up before adding something else that way you have a working config… always :)

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      • B Offline
        Bob
        last edited by Bob Oct 24, 2017, 12:59 PM Oct 24, 2017, 7:32 AM

        remove the second instance of

        var config = (
        module : [

        ]
        }

        at the bottom of the file

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          zzaidi148 @cowboysdude
          last edited by Oct 24, 2017, 9:49 PM

          @cowboysdude I tried with only one module and it failed

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            cowboysdude Module Developer @zzaidi148
            last edited by Oct 24, 2017, 10:00 PM

            @zzaidi148 It’s okay it’s how we learn :) We’ve all been there… if you try to get one module working and it doesn’t then post what you’ve done so we can help you…

            We don’t mind … like I said we ALL had to learn and there is no such thing as a stupid question ever. I personally don’t care if you have to ask the same question 1000 times… I or someone else will answer you.

            My education is in Education :) Just remember… whatever question you ask someone else may benefit from it too!

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              Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @zzaidi148
              last edited by Oct 25, 2017, 12:09 AM

              @zzaidi148 said in Third Party Modules Don’t Work Please Help:

              I tried with only one module and it failed

              Your default config works, yes?

              Create a working config
              How to add modules

              Z 1 Reply Last reply Oct 25, 2017, 1:11 PM Reply Quote 0
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                Bob
                last edited by Oct 25, 2017, 10:41 AM

                Ho hum, I got bored, so…

                @zzaidi148 here you go, below is your working code.

                As was said above, you needed to remove the // from var config, and the extra config section at the end. I also tidied up the code (putting spaces between modules to make them easier to read), and added some extra commas (because I tend to anyway) . You just need to replace the API keys with the correct ones and the code below will work.

                var config = {
                
                	address: "localhost", // Address to listen on, can be:
                	                      // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
                	                      // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
                	                      // - "", "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
                	                      // Default, when address config is left out, is "localhost"
                	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: "clock",
                			position: "top_left",
                		},
                
                		{
                			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: "Dallas",
                				locationID: "4684888",  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
                				appid: "private",
                			}
                		},
                		
                		{
                			module: "weatherforecast",
                			position: "top_right",
                			header: "Weather Forecast",
                			config: {
                				location: "Dallas",
                				locationID: "4684888",  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
                				appid: "private",
                			}
                		},
                		
                		{
                			module: "newsfeed",
                			position: "bottom_bar",
                			config: {
                				feeds: [
                					{
                						title: "New York Times",
                						url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
                					}
                				],
                				showSourceTitle: true,
                				showPublishDate: true
                			}
                		},
                        
                        {
                            module: 'MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic',
                            config: {
                                key: 'YOUR_KEY',
                                lat: 37.8262306,
                                lng: -122.2920096,
                                height: '300px',
                                width: '300px',
                            },
                        },
                
                	]
                };
                
                /*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
                if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}
                
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                • Z Offline
                  zzaidi148 @Mykle1
                  last edited by Oct 25, 2017, 1:11 PM

                  @Mykle1 yes

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                    zzaidi148 @cowboysdude
                    last edited by Oct 25, 2017, 1:15 PM

                    @cowboysdude Very true. Thanks for the encouragement and help!

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                      zzaidi148 @Bob
                      last edited by Oct 25, 2017, 1:18 PM

                      @Bob OMG thank you so much. Ok, so I pasted your working code with the api keys and everything worked and it booted up except the google maps traffic module. I’m right now working in landscape mode if that helps. When I started the mirror, it said that there were no helpers found for google maps. don’t know whether I missed something in the install of the module.

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