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    MMM-Slack stop randomise messages

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    • saibamS Offline
      saibam @ninjabreadman
      last edited by saibam

      @ninjabreadman thanks for the answer but this will only show the latest message. I solved it in a rather long but still nice way. The idea is to show the latest 10 messages and when a new message is sent it will show it instantly.
      currentMessageCount and currentMessgeId are global variables instantiated to 0. emoji_replace is my own function to include emojis in the message.

      if (currentMessageCount < this.slackMessages.length || currentMessageCount == 0){ 
      	currentMessageId = 0;
      	currentMessageCount = this.slackMessages.length;
      }
      var maxAllowed = 10;
      		
      var topMessages = this.slackMessages.slice(0, (maxAllowed - 1));
      		
      var maxCount = Math.min(maxAllowed, topMessages.length);
      		
      if (currentMessageId == maxCount - 1) { currentMessageId = 0; }
      		
      var currentMessage = topMessages[currentMessageId].message;
      currentMessage = emoji_replace(currentMessage);
      messageElement.innerHTML = currentMessage;
      currentMessageId ++;
      
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        gekberlin @saibam
        last edited by

        @saibam That sounds pretty good. I wanted to achive the same for the last 5 messages. So i would simpley exchange the 10 for a 5. But where do I have to put the code into ? In the mmm-slack.js ?
        I would relay appreciate any help.

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        • saibamS Offline
          saibam @gekberlin
          last edited by

          @gekberlin Yes. Change maxAllowed to 5. Put it in MMM-Slack.js under the getDom: function() where it creates the html elements. I also noticed that it didnt work as expected where I had (maxCount -1) and (maxAllowed - 1). I removed the -1 and it worked like a charm.

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            gekberlin @saibam
            last edited by

            @saibam Thanks for your fast reply!
            I’ve put in the code but then I didn’t get any message displayed anymore.
            Did I have done something wrong ?

            	getDom: function() {
            		var messageElement = document.createElement('div');
            		if (currentMessageCount < this.slackMessages.length || currentMessageCount == 0){
            	currentMessageId = 0;
            	currentMessageCount = this.slackMessages.length;
            }
            var maxAllowed = 5;
            var topMessages = this.slackMessages.slice(0, (maxAllowed 0));
            var maxCount = Math.min(maxAllowed, topMessages.length);
            if (currentMessageId == maxCount 0) { currentMessageId = 0; }
            var currentMessage = topMessages[currentMessageId].message;
            currentMessage = emoji_replace(currentMessage);
            messageElement.innerHTML = currentMessage;
            currentMessageId ++;
            		}
            		return messageElement;
            	}
            });
            
            
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            • saibamS Offline
              saibam @gekberlin
              last edited by saibam

              @gekberlin Yes.

              currentMessage = emoji_replace(currentMessage);
              

              will not work as emoji_replace is my own function for replacing :smiley: with an emoji.
              so just get rid of that line and it will work.

              And you will also have to instantiate currentMessageId and currentMessageCount globally. I.e.

              var currentMessageId = 0
              var currentMessageCount = 0
              

              at the top of the js file.

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              • mediathreatM Offline
                mediathreat @saibam
                last edited by

                @saibam Which Slack token do you use to connect to slack and do you have to put the leading # hash sign in the config file for the channel where it listens?

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                • saibamS Offline
                  saibam @mediathreat
                  last edited by

                  @mediathreat we followed the link in the readme https://api.slack.com/tokens and from there we created our own app. I’m sorry I can’t find where I found the token in there, you will have to try and error your way :) I will keep looking some but can’t guarantee I find anything. Slack API pages are a mess imo. And no you don’t need the leading # in the config file.

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                  • saibamS Offline
                    saibam @mediathreat
                    last edited by

                    @mediathreat here is the correct link to create your token: https://api.slack.com/custom-integrations/legacy-tokens

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                    • mediathreatM Offline
                      mediathreat
                      last edited by

                      Thanks! This nailed it perfectly! Hopefully the MMM-SLACK package maintainer might add this info to be clearer. Now that I have it working, I wonder if I can go in and see if I can add showing photos from a slack channel to the code base

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                      • mediathreatM Offline
                        mediathreat @saibam
                        last edited by

                        @saibam do you think its possible to modify the code to get images or links that are posted into the slack channel and display them on the magic mirror?

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