Fitbit

cambor

@achilles Thanks for getting back to me. Yes that step worked and now I have figured out I was in the wrong directory when running sudo pip install -r python/fitbit/requirements.txt. I was trying to do that step out of sequence before following the preceding steps in the Setup instructions.

I am facing another issue now though: I’ve added the example config to my config but when I try to run the MagicMirror it throws an error
“Please create a config file…If you get this message while your config is already created, you config file probably contains an error…”

I saw there was issues with the brackets after “config” in line 4 of the example config file and people have suggested replacing the [ with { and again on line 19 ] with } but it still doesn’t work.

Now I see some people are saying there are issues with the fitbit API (https://github.com/SVendittelli/MMM-fitbit/issues/15) but those comments are from January so I’d be interested to hear about how you got yours working so recently and if you can see where I might be going wrong.

Thanks a lot!

Achilles

Every time I have got that error, it has been because I have something wrong with the syntax: Curly braces incorrect, double quotes where there should be single quotes, comma missing, etc. Does every open bracket or curly brace have a corresponding closing bracket or curly brace?

bhepler

@cambor - Easiest thing to do is to copy the example config.js.sample file to config.js and modify it incrementally. After each modification to the file, you can reload the mirror and make sure you haven’t introduced an error.

If you like, you can post the MMM-fitbit section of your config.js here and we’ll see if we spot anything. Be sure to use the markdown features of the forum to aid in troubleshooting.

Achilles

Has anyone’s Fitbit module stopped working recently? For some reason, mine is not displaying anything anymore–just 0s. This started about a week ago…

bhepler

@achilles - That happened to me about three weeks ago. I had to get back on the mirror and run the setupAccess.py script to authorize with fitbit.com again. After that it started working again. You’ll probably find an indication of what’s up in the pm2 logs.

Fitbit is weird in that they insist that you use their website to authenticate. You can’t get an API key for you app. Your app must incorporate a means to go to their website to use their interface and then return.

Achilles

@bhepler - At the risk of sounding stupid, you have to go back and run through the commands again and get to setupAcess.py to get Fitbit to work again?

bhepler

@achilles - Almost. You just have to run the setupAccess.py again. So get onto your Pi directly, open up a terminal window, stop your MagicMirror process, and run the sudo python setupAccess.py or whatever the command is. It will open up a browser window with the FitBit login page. Log in with your credentials, wait for the confirmation screen and then close the browser.

Restart your MagicMirror process and it should start pulling from the FitBit service.

Achilles

@bhepler Thanks! That helped. I guess this means I can look forward to doing this every month or so?

bhepler

@achilles - I don’t actually know. Mine was up for months with no issue. It may be that a prolonged period without the module refreshing the tokens is the determining factor. It may even be something on Fitbit’s end expired all of the tokens.

mmille40

This module looks great, unfortunately the installation is giving me the most difficulties from any module so far, I’m completely new to anything coding so I’m learning as I go. My first problem was trying to install the python-shell dependency. I get this message in my terminal:

pi@matt:~ $ npm install python-shell
npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/pi/package.json’
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/pi/package.json’
npm WARN pi No description
npm WARN pi No repository field.
npm WARN pi No README data
npm WARN pi No license field.

python-shell@1.0.4
updated 1 package in 2.932s

What am I doing wrong here?

dh1201

See issue from mmille40 (above).

I am running ‘npm install python-shell’ from within the MagicMirror/modules/MMM-fitbit folder and appear to be having the exact same issue [although the location of the file that cannot be found is reported differently to mmille40’s location] and am unable to discover the reason why. Does anyone have any ideas?

npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/package.json’
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/package.json’
npm WARN modules No description
npm WARN modules No repository field.
npm WARN modules No README data
npm WARN modules No license field.

python-shell@1.0.4
updated 1 package and audited 2 packages in 3.126s
found 0 vulnerabilities

sdetweil

@dh1201 this says u are in the MODULES folder, not MMM-Fitbit

dh1201

Should it be the modules directory then?

Set up states:

As with all modules, use git clone in the modules directory to download the module
Goto fitbit to register a new app (sign in with your fitbit account)
Give your app a catchy name and description
Your personal website, organisation, and organisation website can be whatever you like
Check browser and personal for OAuth settings
Callback URL MUST BE http://127.0.0.1:8080/
Give your app read & write permissions (read-only untested)
Note your:
“OAuth 2.0 Client ID” — (client_id)
“Client (Consumer) Secret” — (client_secret)
(You can access these again later via manage my apps at the same link as above)
Navigate to MMM-fitbit in the modules directory
Install dependancies using the listed commands

dh1201

Sorry @sdetweil - I misread your post.

The command is definitely being run from within the MMM-fitbit directory; but shows the errors previously posted.

Achilles

This module usually stops working for me after a day or two, and I have to go through the setupAccess.py again to get it to work, and then it stops working again within 48 hours.

Am I doing something wrong?

DeepThought

Was there a resolution to the problems @dh1201 and @mmille40 were experiencing?

I am experiencing the same problem where when running the command, npm install python-shell, while in the MMM-fitbit directory, I receive the same error as @dh1201

npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/package.json’
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/package.json’
npm WARN modules No description
npm WARN modules No repository field.
npm WARN modules No README data
npm WARN modules No license field.

When starting Magic Mirror, the Fitbit module displays no info and the cmd prompt states ‘TypeError: PythonShell.run is not a function’ and ‘TypeError: PythonShell is not a constructor’.

Does anyone know how to resolve this issue with python-shell? I’ve tried different versions and installing through different directories without any success. I’ve also tried clean installs of Magic Mirror but that doesn’t help either.

Is @Vendittelli still supporting this module?

K-Pental

@deepthought said in Fitbit:

When starting Magic Mirror, the Fitbit module displays no info and the cmd prompt states ‘TypeError: PythonShell.run is not a function’ and ‘TypeError: PythonShell is not a constructor’.
Does anyone know how to resolve this issue with python-shell? I’ve tried different versions and installing through different directories without any success. I’ve also tried clean installs of Magic Mirror but that doesn’t help either.

After some faffing with the config to get the MM to load I am also getting this same error message when MM now loads.

From what I can see it is pulling the auth tokens correctly and is also able to run the getData.ph as running this on its own returns my total lack of steps etc. But the figures are not updating on MM, I’m assuming this is because of the above error messages.

I was able to get past PythonShell.run is not a function by altering line 9 in the node_helper.js to be:

let {PythonShell} = require(‘python-shell’)

However doing this then gave other error messages relating to code in other files, kind of making me think that this was the wrong thing to do. I’m assuming I am missing something obvious.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

MMMveasy

hi everyone

i found a workaround

cd MagicMirror
mkdir Test
cd Test
npm install python-shell@0.5.0
copy python-shell from Test/node_modules folder to MagicMirror/node_modules
also copy package.json to node_modules folder of MM

OttToyBoy

@k-pental said in Fitbit:

@deepthought said in Fitbit:

When starting Magic Mirror, the Fitbit module displays no info and the cmd prompt states ‘TypeError: PythonShell.run is not a function’ and ‘TypeError: PythonShell is not a constructor’.
Does anyone know how to resolve this issue with python-shell? I’ve tried different versions and installing through different directories without any success. I’ve also tried clean installs of Magic Mirror but that doesn’t help either.

After some faffing with the config to get the MM to load I am also getting this same error message when MM now loads.

From what I can see it is pulling the auth tokens correctly and is also able to run the getData.ph as running this on its own returns my total lack of steps etc. But the figures are not updating on MM, I’m assuming this is because of the above error messages.

I was able to get past PythonShell.run is not a function by altering line 9 in the node_helper.js to be:

let {PythonShell} = require(‘python-shell’)

However doing this then gave other error messages relating to code in other files, kind of making me think that this was the wrong thing to do. I’m assuming I am missing something obvious.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

I’ve been struggling with this as well with no resolution. Pinging to see if anyone can provide some guidance.
Notes:

brand new Raspian installation on pi 3, B+
manual installation of Magic Mirror meticulously following instructions (note: the auto-install did not work due to issues with missing npm)
installed MMM-Fitbit per instructions and have successfully executed getData.py and seen my correct fitbit data (i.e. all the registration and tokens have worked)
trying to “npm install python-shell” from within the MMM-Fitbit directory has errors as previously described by other users
doing “npm install python-shell” from the MagicMirror directory will succeed but I’ve no idea if this is where it should be done instead. After install, the following has been created: ~/MagicMirror/node_modules/python-shell

I’ve tried re-installing from scratch several times to make sure I’m following instructions closely but no luck. Any guru guidance would be appreciated!

Thanks, Peter.

sameer-t

@MMMveasy said in Fitbit:

hi everyone

i found a workaround

cd MagicMirror

mkdir Test

cd Test

npm install python-shell@0.5.0

copy python-shell from Test/node_modules folder to MagicMirror/node_modules

also copy package.json to node_modules folder of MM

This worked for me! Thank you!!