config,js beginner

sdetweil

every module looks lie this

{
   module:"name",
   position: " pos",
   header: "????",
   config: {
   }
},

try to make sure the [ and { line up
inside the config the same [, { and comma pattern
one tricky thin is onside arrays (lists of things), when the things are groups like calendar and rss feed
there needs to be a comma after the LAST entry too

		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "Kalender",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/berntsson88%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics"
					}    // < ----- missing comma
				]
			}
		},

using jslint is a pain… you need to check a bunch of things on the bottom of the page,
else get lots of useless errors,… single quotes, whitespace,

idoodler

@sdetweil There is no comma needed after the last entry, a comma is only needed if an object is followed by another object, a comma after a last object is not mandatory.

berne

102 Expected ‘}’ to match ‘{’ from line 90 and instead saw ‘]’.
108 Expected ‘]’ to match ‘[’ from line 28 and instead saw ‘}’.
109 Expected ‘}’ to match ‘{’ from line 11 and instead saw ‘]’.
109 Missing semicolon.
109 Unrecoverable syntax error. (94% scanned).

okej, igot this,
we can take 102 dose that mean i just need to swap to }?
109 i have no ide what that translate :S

sdetweil

@idoodler yeh, i can never tell… some modules use the extra comma , some don’t … looked thru my config and it has one everyplace… doesn’t hurt…

sdetweil

@berne on 101 u have ] and then on 102 u have another ]

use a good editor Notepad++ on windows… it will show you the matching ( { and [ with ], } and )

idoodler

@berne

Expected '}' to match '{' from line 90 and instead saw ']'.
- Remove the ] in the line above (Line 101) This will validate your config you can ignore the other warnings.

berne

@sdetweil but can i trust https://jshint.com/
and do what it saying to get it right, like 102
just swap ] to }’ on 102

i what to learn… but is really hard, i Appreciate you time and @idoodler too

idoodler

@berne I recomend you to to checkout the structure of the existing config.js file.

You may also check out the W3Schools documentation: https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_objects.asp

mumblebaj

@berne Can you paste your config.js? We can then have a look to see if it is correct and point to where you may have to make the changes.

As @sdetweil pointed out, a good text editor like notepad++ would show you the matching “{” and “}” etc.

evroom

@berne

I wrote a small post on this topic.
JSON is supposed to be easy and straightforward, but when there is nested data it can get quite complex.

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/9712/cannot-add-modules/14