How can I add more time periods for MMM-compliments?

[DæmonEyes]

So I know MMM-Compliments has 3 time periods by default (morning, afternoon and evening). I want to know, is it possible to add 1 or 2 more time periods like night and dusk?
I really enjoy being able to customize the compliments that come up, and would love to have more time slots that I could customize.

[lavolp3]

@dæmoneyes That shouldn’t be too difficult.

	complimentArray: function() {
		var hour = moment().hour();
		var compliments  = null;

		if (hour >= 3 && hour < 12) {
			compliments = this.config.compliments.morning;
		} else if (hour >= 12 && hour < 17) {
			compliments = this.config.compliments.afternoon;
		} else {
			compliments = this.config.compliments.evening;
		}

                .....
	},

Here is the function calling the hour of the day in MMM-Compliments.js.
You can easily give this a more precise sorting with more cases.
However, you would need to change the logic to a switch function, because there can only be one “else if” in an “if” statement.

Fork the module, try it out!

[sdetweil]

@lavolp3 said in How can I add more time periods for MMM-compliments?:

owever, you would need to change the logic to a switch function, because there can only be one “else if” in an “if” statement.

not true, you can have as many as u want…

switch sometimes makes things more clear, but not always

[DæmonEyes]

This is actually my first time programming ever, so I don’t actually know what are logic or switch functions.

This is what I attempted, but it didn’t work, and instead the compliments module just didn’t load up when starting MM:

![I added two more time period: predawn and night](https://imgur.com/a/JJrJ01w)

![Updated the time intervals](https://imgur.com/a/lzAO0gJ)

![And tried modifying the compliments array as well](https://imgur.com/a/ZiNT8u5)

[sdetweil]

@dæmoneyes your changes didn’t show
use the three back-tics before and after your code
on keyboard, left of the number 1 key

[DæmonEyes]

@sdetweil Here are all the changes I tried: https://imgur.com/a/wbYQclq

[sdetweil]

@dæmoneyes start the mirror with

npm start dev

and in the white developers window, select the console tab,
scroll up/down to find any errors (red text)…

I can’t see all your code, but its probably a missing quote, paren or brace

[DæmonEyes]

@sdetweil Did that, found some red related to compliments and also to openweather
Here is the full console tab: https://imgur.com/a/Lrn8kVH

[sdetweil]

@dæmoneyes compliments.js:48 syntax error

that means on line 48 of the complements.js file the compiler found an error…

[DæmonEyes]

@sdetweil Once again, I owe you my thanks sdetweil! It works now!

What should I do about the red related to the openweathermap?