node_helper.js does not work.

sdetweil

@emrhssla i cut/pasted your code to create your module, added it to config.js
and it performs as expected…

i get in developers console

hello~hello~hello~hello~hello~hello~hello~hello~hello~hello~    MMM-Testpython.js:62
 Socket recevied : hello                                        MMM-Testpython.js:71

and in terminal window

notification : TEST

config entry

{
  module: "MMM-Testpython",
  disabled: false,
  position: "middle",
  config:{
    
  }
},

sdetweil

after the npm start &

press enter… you should get the prompt back, and can do any command

add this to your node module start function

  start: function() {
    socketTestpython=this;
    console.log(this.name + " node_helper started")    // < ---- add this

should see this in terminal window

MMM-Testpython node_helper started

i do

emrhssla

@sdetweil
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sdetweil

@emrhssla that console output doesn’t make sense… cause u should have seen this line at least

Module helper loaded: MMM-Testpython

before the

Launching application

show me your config.js

emrhssla

@sdetweil

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 *
 * For more information how you can configurate this file
 * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration
 *
 */

var config = {
	address: "0.0.0.0", // 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","172.16.100.133", "::ffff:172.16.100.133", "::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: 24,
	units: "metric",

	modules: [
		//0
		{
			module: 'MMM-iFrame',
			position: "bottom_center",	// This can be any of the regions.
			config: {
				// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
					url: ["https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/weekday.nhn"],  // as many URLs you want or you can just ["ENTER IN URL"] if single URL.
					updateInterval: 0.5 * 60 * 1000, // rotate URLs every 30 seconds
					width: "2000", // width of iframe
					height: "1800", // height of iframe
					frameWidth: "950", // width of embedded iframe, height is beeing calculated by aspect ratio of iframe
				}
		},
		//1
		{
			module: "MMM-EmbedYoutube1", 
			position: "bottom_bar",	
			config: {
				video_id: "w3jLJU7DT5E",
				searchlist1: "쯔위",
				loop: true
			}
		},
		//2	
        {
            module: "MMM-Modulebar1",
            position: "top_left", 
            classes: "default everyone", 
            config: {
						
                
            }
		},
		//3
		{
            module: "MMM-Modulebar",
            position: "top_left",
            classes: "default everyone", 
            config: {
						

            
            }
        },
        
        {
            module: "MMM-Dynamic-Modules",
        },
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_right"
		},
		
		{
			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-Testpython",
			  disabled: false,
			  position: "middle",
			  config:{
			    
			  }
		},
	]

};

sdetweil

@emrhssla that doesn’t match with the terminal window output…

in terminal window only

Starting MagicMirror: v2.7.1
Loading config …
Loading module helpers …
Initializing new module helper …
Module helper loaded: updatenotification   < ----
No helper found for module: helloworld. < -----
All module helpers loaded.
Starting server on port 8080 …
Server started …
Connecting socket for: updatenotification   
Sockets connected & modules started …
Launching application.

there are only two modules referenced…

never mind, two of mine don’t have position and work fine
delete ---------also, all modules require a position

sdetweil

this what I see on my startup in the terminal window, before the node_modules start outputing their text

Starting MagicMirror: v2.7.0-develop
Loading config ...
Loading module helpers ...
No helper found for module: alert.
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: updatenotification
No helper found for module: clock.
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: calendar
handler helper in init
Module helper loaded: MMM-SleepWake
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: MMM-ImagesPhotos
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: newsfeed
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: MMM-AssistantMk2
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: MMM-Hotword
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: WaterLevels
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: MMM-Testpython
All module helpers loaded.
Starting server on port 8086 ...
You're using a full whitelist configuration to allow for all IPs
Server started ...
Connecting socket for: updatenotification
Connecting socket for: calendar
Starting node helper for: calendar
Connecting socket for: MMM-SleepWake
handler helper in start
Connecting socket for: MMM-ImagesPhotos
Starting node helper for: MMM-ImagesPhotos
Connecting socket for: newsfeed
Starting module: newsfeed
Connecting socket for: MMM-AssistantMk2
Connecting socket for: MMM-Hotword
MMM-Hotword started
Connecting socket for: WaterLevels
Starting module: WaterLevels
Connecting socket for: MMM-Testpython
MMM-Testpythonnode_helper started
Sockets connected & modules started ...
Launching application.

emrhssla

@sdetweil

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 *
 * For more information how you can configurate this file
 * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration
 *
 */

var config = {
	address: "0.0.0.0", // 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","172.16.100.133", "::ffff:172.16.100.133", "::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: 24,
	units: "metric",

	modules: [
		//0
		{
			module: 'MMM-iFrame',
			position: "bottom_center",	// This can be any of the regions.
			config: {
				// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
					url: ["https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/weekday.nhn"],  // as many URLs you want or you can just ["ENTER IN URL"] if single URL.
					updateInterval: 0.5 * 60 * 1000, // rotate URLs every 30 seconds
					width: "2000", // width of iframe
					height: "1800", // height of iframe
					frameWidth: "950", // width of embedded iframe, height is beeing calculated by aspect ratio of iframe
				}
		},
		//1
		{
			module: "MMM-EmbedYoutube1", 
			position: "bottom_bar",	
			config: {
				video_id: "w3jLJU7DT5E",
				searchlist1: "쯔위",
				loop: true
			}
		},
		//2	
        {
            module: "MMM-Modulebar1",
            position: "top_left", 
            classes: "default everyone", 
            config: {
						
                
            }
		},
		//3
		{
            module: "MMM-Modulebar",
            position: "top_left",
            classes: "default everyone", 
            config: {
						

            
            }
        },
        
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_right"
		},
		
		{
			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-Testpython",
			  disabled: false,
			  position: "middle",
			  config:{
			    
			  }
		}
	]

};

It’s the same. :(

pi@raspberrypi:~/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror $ npm start &
[1] 3066
pi@raspberrypi:~/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror $ 
> magicmirror@2.7.1 start /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror
> sh run-start.sh

Starting MagicMirror: v2.7.1
Loading config ...
Loading module helpers ...
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: updatenotification
No helper found for module: helloworld.
All module helpers loaded.
Starting server on port 8080 ... 
Server started ...
Connecting socket for: updatenotification
Sockets connected & modules started ...
Launching application.

sdetweil

@emrhssla show me output of

ls /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror/config -laF

emrhssla

@sdetweil

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror/config -laF
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 2 pi pi 4096 Apr 15 22:18 ./
drwxr-xr-x 17 pi pi 4096 Apr 15 22:16 …/
-rw-r–r-- 1 pi pi 2960 Apr 15 2019 config.js
-rw-r–r-- 1 pi pi 2623 Apr 15 22:11 config.js.sample
-rw-r–r-- 1 pi pi 13 Apr 15 22:29 .gitignore

sdetweil

@emrhssla ok, trying to replicate… moved mine to desktop/MagicMirror and it worked ok,
working on installing that repo

emrhssla

@sdetweil I don’t see what the problem is.

After upgrading the npm and node to the latest version, I installed the Magic Mirror, and I wonder if that’s the problem.

And I did the npm install python3 and I don’t think this is the cause.

sdetweil

@emrhssla will advise once I see it myself

sdetweil

@emrhssla which MM are u working in?

/home/pi/Desktop/Beauty (see its config/config.js
or
/home/pi/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror one? (see ITS config/config.js

they are different (u have MagicMirror installed INSIDE a MagicMirror folder)
to fix this, in /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty do

mv MagicMirror ..

now you will have

/home/pi/Desktop/Beauty
and
/home/pi/Desktop/MagicMirror

emrhssla

@sdetweil
I first ran a magic mirror at /home/pi/Desktop/MagicMirror . But after failing, another one was installed. Running /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror gave the same result.

In conclusion, there are two magic mirrors: /home/pi/Desktop/MagicMirror and /home/pi/Desktop/Beauty/MagicMirror.

I’ll try it tomorrow, but maybe it doesn’t matter.

sdetweil

@emrhssla when the mirror app is running, can u access from another system at http://mirror_ip:mirror_port

emrhssla

@sdetweil said in node_helper.js does not work.:

when the mirror app is running, can u access from another system at http://mirror_ip:mirror_port

I solved it!!
A month ago, /fi/MagicMirror was installed.
/pi/Magicmirror puts the code above, so node_helper.js work well.

But I don’t know why /pi/Desktop/Beauty/Magicmirror isn’t working. Is this because of /pi/Magicmirror?

Thanks to you, I solved it. Thank you all the time.

sdetweil

@emrhssla said in node_helper.js does not work.:

But I don’t know why /pi/Desktop/Beauty/Magicmirror isn’t working. Is this because of /pi/Magicmirror?

because its a mess with all that macOS level binaries installed…

i had to

rm -rf  ~/Desktop/Beauty/node_modules/electron 
cp ~/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron ~/Desktop/Beauty/node_modules

to get the UI to show on the pi…

i tested before by executing Electron to show some page
in a terminal window ON THE PI
do

~/Desktop/Beauty/node_modules/electron/dist/electron http://cnn.com

this should open electron to show some web page

initially I got a frame, with empty insides