MMM-iFrame-Ping

[AgP42]

@rudibarani
Yes it seams possible to do, but then MMM-Remote-Control has also to be modified to be able to send such notification, no ?
Could you let me know the other modules you uses than catch MMM-Remote-Control notification, so I will look the source code please ?

Thanks,
AgP

[AgP42]

@rudibarani
Hello,
I guess I managed what you asked, could you please test it before I release it ?
This new version is here : https://github.com/AgP42/MMM-iFrame-Ping/tree/dev
Only the file MMM-iFrame-Ping.js has been modified, so you can copy/paste it on your MM directly and restart your MM.

Then to allow URL modification through Remote-Control you can use the following request :

http://192.168.xx.xx:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION&notification=iFrame_Ping_URL&payload={%22url%22:%22https://magicmirror.builders/%22}

or

http://192.168.xx.xx:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION&notification=iFrame_Ping_URL&payload={%22url%22:%22https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qwc2Eq6YXTQ?autoplay=1%22}

(edit : the forum text editor seams not to like my link : this strange symbol “&not” has to be remplaced by “& not” (without the space…))
(edit2 : the “%22” is the URL-encoded form of the symbol ". You can also try directly with ", and if it is not working try with %22 instead)

It’s a cool new functionality ! :smiling_face:

[rudibarani]

Dear AgP42,

thank you so much for considering this and spending the time to make it happen. I am traveling at the moment but am looking forward to testing it when I get back home.

Have a nice weekend!

[AgP42]

@rudibarani
Thanks and you are welcome, it’s a pleasure to see that my work is useful and appreciated :-)

I did a little bit more debugging and I also to try to change the URL through a rotating button or through the scheduler and I found some issues on the code I sent you for testing.
Next week I am also traveling but as soon it look like acceptable I will send the new version.

This functionality to be able to change dynamically the URL will really make this module much more interesting than the actual version !
Every module will be able to send a notification to change the url, so many many new possibilities ! :relieved_face:

[Horge]

@agp42 Hi AgP42, your idea to duplicate the PlugIn doesn’t work for me. I made the adjustments as described, but I only see one iFrame at a time. Sometimes the initial display shows the iFrame of the second instance in the first instance. After a few seconds the content is displayed correctly for the second instance. The first instance remains empty.
If I have understood and researched this correctly so far, there are problems to differentiate between the two instances when displaying the ‘Payload’.
Do I have to make further changes to the second instance?

[bolish]

@AgP42
Hi, Thanks for the work, good module.
Would it be possible to update the module by adding notification mgt to move to next url, .ie :

• upon “IFRAMEPING_NEXT_URL” : display the next url of the list
• Same with previous
• Add Start / Pause option through notification also.

I’m using MMM-GroveGestures and would like to be able to switch from URL1 to URL2 with gestures.

Regards

[rudibarani]

Dear @agp42,
I am finally getting back at my mirror and get some time to incorporate your updated module. Thanks again for making dynamic URLs possible!

Would you mind changing this.urlToDisplay = payload.url; to this.urlToDisplay = payload; in your code? Thus, one could send a plain url as payload without the need to process it to be in the format{"url":"http://..."}.
This would make things easier and as the payload will only contain a URL if the notification is iFrame_Ping_URL, this should not cause any problems with other possible content.

[AgP42]

@rudibarani
Hello rudibarani,

in fact it was my first try (as it is easier…) but I couldn’t succed to make it work and adding this “url”: is the only way I have found to make it work…
Did you try to change the code and it was ok ?

I do my best to find some hours this week end to finally debug my code and be able to release that new version !

On the next version it will be possible to send a new url through http request, but also with the module scheduler or with a rotating button

[AgP42]

@bolish
Hello Bolish,

thanks and happy to see that my module is useful,

I didn’t know the module MMM-GroveGestures so far but I check its documentation and it will be possible on the next version of the iFrame-Ping module to change the URL through the following code :

notificationExec: {
  notification: "iFrame_Ping_URL",
  payload: {
     url: "http:whaturlyoulike.com"
  }
}

But it will not be a list of URL to switch between each other, just one url linked to a movement.

I will investigate a bit more this week end…

[bolish]

Hi @AgP42 , @rudibarani

The modification you will implement for @rudibarani 's need will help me in one sense.
Indeed, MMM-GroveGestures is able to send wathever notification we want.
So, based on gestures, I will be able to send different URL’s.

It’s nevertheless, not covering fully my need as I was hoping for something incremental.
MMM-iFrame to manage the list of URL’s and able to move to next URL based on “URL NEXT” notification reception.

Maybe a combined proposal (that would make sense to me) would be :

• Centralize URL management into MMM-iFrame with :
  - URL 1 : htpps…
  - URL 2 : hfkzejrhfzoer

This would allow :

• any other modules to call for URL 1 or 2 and maybe suiting to @rudibarani
• would to avoid people to manage the list of URL into several modules (keep it into MMM-iFrame)
• enable the possibility to manage incremental notification mgt (my intial request : “NEXT URL” by managing a kind of counter into mmm-iFrame (to move from URL X to URL X+1 or URLX-1)

I hope it’s clear.

And I also don’t want to mess up with @rudibarani 's need which was expressed before…

So if my proposal (which seems more generic to me, so potentially opening larger possibilities in future for this module), suits to @rudibarani , fine.

But if my proposal is not suiting to @rudibarani 's need, go for him first maybe, I will try to adapt myself later.

Hope you will have time to dig in soon!