MagicMirror Newsfeed continually "loading"...

ForeverBrewing

Apologies for creating another topic about this. I have done loads of research and have read all of the old topics, but cannot get past this.

I’m totally new to this sort of this and thought that this looked nice and easy having viewed a few guides and watched a few videos. I was wrong.

Long story short, I have a fairly fresh install of MM and cannot get the newsfeed to work at all. I’ve left it default and it doesnt populate; I’ve tried to change it to the BBC UK feed (my preferred feed btw) but again it just says “Loading…” along the bottom bar.
I’ve tried so many different variations of the code in the config (but end up breaking it everytime and having to revert it to a saved config file), as well as changing (and reverting to default) all of the other .js files within the newsfeed folder.

I have pasted my current config.js below, any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, please note, I’m a massive noob and very simple.

Once I crack this it’ll be onto the next big problem regarding the assistant… but that a fight for another day. The most important thing right now is a functional MM with a newsfeed!

/* 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: "localhost", // 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"], // 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: [
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},		
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},
		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				location: "Chessington",
				locationID: "2653229",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "DELIBERATELY BLANK"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "Chessington",
				locationID: "2653229",  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
				appid: "DELIBERATELY BLANK"
			}
		},
		{
			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-Hotword",
			config: {
				record: {
					recordProgram : "arecord",  
					device        : "plughw:1"
				},
				autostart:true,
				onDetected: {
					notification: (payload) => {
					return "ASSISTANT_ACTIVATE"
					},
					payload: (payload) => {
						return {
						  profile: payload.hotword
						}
					}
				},
			},
		},
		{
			module: "MMM-AssistantMk2",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				deviceLocation: {
					coordinates: { // set the latitude and longitude of the device to get localized information like weather or time. (ref. mygeoposition.com)
					latitude: 37.5650168, // -90.0 - +90.0
					longitude: 126.8491231, // -180.0 - +180.0
					},
				},
				record: {
					recordProgram : "arecord",  
					device        : "plughw:1",
				},
				notifications: {
					ASSISTANT_ACTIVATED: "HOTWORD_PAUSE",
					ASSISTANT_DEACTIVATED: "HOTWORD_RESUME",
				},
				useWelcomeMessage: "brief today",
				profiles: {
					"default" : {
						lang: "en-US"
					}
				},
			}
		},
	]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/

Thanks in advance!

Brew

sdetweil

@ForeverBrewing

mine is using the same source… and works…

{
      module: "newsfeed",
      disabled: false,
      position: "bottom_bar",
      config: {
	ignoreOldItems:false,
        feeds: [
          {
            title: "New York Times",
            url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
          },        
        ],
        showSourceTitle: true,
        showPublishDate: true
      }
    },

ForeverBrewing

@sdetweil
I have tried re-editing your paste into my config.js. There were a couple of minor formatting changes, but ultimately the problem persists.

Thanks for having a look though!

sdetweil

@ForeverBrewing ok, "Loading… " is the default message displayed until data comes in… then its replaced by the formatted data…

so, open the developers window, ctrl-shift-i on the keyboard, select the tab labeled console, and scroll up to find any errors…

many times one can filter the messages by the some part of the module name in this case 'news"

ForeverBrewing

@sdetweil
Hey Sam. I have looked through the dev window and cant find any errors, but it is clearly unhappy about something.

Below is a sample of what i get as soon as I start the MM:

Load script: modules/default/newsfeed//newsfeed.js
module.js:476 Module registered: newsfeed
loader.js:150 Bootstrapping module: newsfeed
loader.js:155 Scripts loaded for: newsfeed
loader.js:157 Styles loaded for: newsfeed
loader.js:159 Translations loaded for: newsfeed
newsfeed.js:61 Starting module: newsfeed
newsfeed.js:370 newsfeed - received notification: ALL_MODULES_STARTED
newsfeed.js:429 newsfeed - unknown notification, ignoring: ALL_MODULES_STARTED
newsfeed.js:370 newsfeed - received notification: MODULE_DOM_CREATED
newsfeed.js:429 newsfeed - unknown notification, ignoring: MODULE_DOM_CREATED
newsfeed.js:370 newsfeed - received notification: DOM_OBJECTS_CREATED
newsfeed.js:429 newsfeed - unknown notification, ignoring: DOM_OBJECTS_CREATED
newsfeed.js:370 newsfeed - received notification: CLOCK_SECOND
newsfeed.js:429 newsfeed - unknown notification, ignoring: CLOCK_SECOND
newsfeed.js:370 newsfeed - received notification: CLOCK_SECOND
newsfeed.js:429 newsfeed - unknown notification, ignoring: CLOCK_SECOND
newsfeed.js:370 newsfeed - received notification: CURRENTWEATHER_DATA
newsfeed.js:429 newsfeed - unknown notification, ignoring: CURRENTWEATHER_DATA
newsfeed.js:370 newsfeed - received notification: CLOCK_SECOND
newsfeed.js:429 newsfeed - unknown notification, ignoring: CLOCK_SECOND
newsfeed.js:370 newsfeed - received notification: CLOCK_SECOND
newsfeed.js:429 newsfeed - unknown notification, ignoring: CLOCK_SECOND
newsfeed.js:370 newsfeed - received notification: CLOCK_MINUTE
newsfeed.js:429 newsfeed - unknown notification, ignoring: CLOCK_MINUTE
newsfeed.js:370 newsfeed - received notification: CLOCK_SECOND
newsfeed.js:429 newsfeed - unknown notification, ignoring: CLOCK_SECOND
newsfeed.js:370 newsfeed - received notification: CLOCK_SECOND
newsfeed.js:429 newsfeed - unknown notification, ignoring: CLOCK_SECOND
newsfeed.js:370

etc etc.

I have tried to click the link and see where in the code the error is, but I am WAAAAY out of my league. The fact is I have literally no idea what i’m looking at and am 100% relying on everybody else’s knowledge to manage anything vaguely resembling anything clever.

Hope this helps?

Brew

sdetweil

@ForeverBrewing said in MagicMirror Newsfeed continually "loading"...:

The fact is I have literally no idea what i’m looking at

its ok… we all learn over time…

the system allows modules to talk to each other by sending ‘notification’ messages…

most of what you see are the clock noisily telling others that time is ticking…

but, I don’t see any messages about the feed setup…

ForeverBrewing

@sdetweil
Once I stop filtering for “news” I do see one error, but it relates the the weather module:

newsfeed - unknown notification, ignoring: CLOCK_SECOND
api.openweathermap.o…43aac34d08eb3e2f3:1 Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 (Unauthorized)
weatherforecast.js:266 weatherforecast: Your AppID does not support long term forecasts. Switching to fallback endpoint.
newsfeed.js:370 newsfeed - received notification: CLOCK_SECOND

I don’t know if this is relevant in any way?

sdetweil

@ForeverBrewing said in MagicMirror Newsfeed continually "loading"...:

Your AppID does not support long term forecasts.

forecast is long term, the api gets picky…

ForeverBrewing

@sdetweil Yeah, I guessed it was irrelevant to the newsfeed shenanigans

sdetweil

@ForeverBrewing i am trying to test here for info…

sdetweil

if you do a

pm2 stop 0

then from a command prompt, even over ssh

npm start

you will see messages , here is the default set of stuff,
see that last entry

Starting MagicMirror: v2.9.0
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
No helper found for module: compliments.
No helper found for module: currentweather.
No helper found for module: weatherforecast.
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: newsfeed
All module helpers loaded.
Starting server on port 8080 ...
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: newsfeed
Starting module: newsfeed
Sockets connected & modules started ...
Launching application.
Create new calendar fetcher for url: http://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics - Interval: 300000
Create new news fetcher for url: http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml - Interval: 300000

ForeverBrewing

@sdetweil
Nope, I’m missing the last two lines:

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ pm2 stop 0
npm start [PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2

[PM2] PM2 Successfully daemonized
[PM2] Applying action stopProcessId on app [0](ids: 0)
[PM2][ERROR] Process 0 not found
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start 

> magicmirror@2.9.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> sh run-start.sh

Starting MagicMirror: v2.9.0
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.

Also looks like the helper module doesn’t get loaded…?

sdetweil

@ForeverBrewing ok, can u do

ls ~/MagicMirror/config -laF
ls ~/MagicMirror/modules/default -laF

ForeverBrewing

@sdetweil said in MagicMirror Newsfeed continually "loading"...:

ls ~/MagicMirror/config -laF
ls ~/MagicMirror/modules/default -laF

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ ls ~/MagicMirror/config -laF
total 20
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi 4096 Nov 13 18:17 ./
drwxr-xr-x 17 pi pi 4096 Nov 12 20:25 ../
-rw-r--r--  1 pi pi 3437 Nov 13 17:35 config.js
-rw-r--r--  1 pi pi 2769 Nov 10 14:36 config.js.sample
-rw-r--r--  1 pi pi   20 Nov 10 14:36 .gitignore
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ ls ~/MagicMirror/modules/default -laF
total 52
drwxr-xr-x 12 pi pi 4096 Nov 12 21:29 ./
drwxr-xr-x  6 pi pi 4096 Nov 10 18:20 ../
drwxr-xr-x  3 pi pi 4096 Nov 10 14:36 alert/
drwxr-xr-x  3 pi pi 4096 Nov 10 14:36 calendar/
drwxr-xr-x  3 pi pi 4096 Nov 10 14:36 clock/
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi 4096 Nov 10 16:35 compliments/
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi 4096 Nov 10 14:36 currentweather/
-rw-r--r--  1 pi pi  520 Nov 10 14:36 defaultmodules.js
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi 4096 Nov 10 14:36 helloworld/
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi 4096 Nov 12 21:32 newsfeed/
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi 4096 Nov 10 14:36 updatenotification/
drwxr-xr-x  3 pi pi 4096 Nov 10 14:36 weather/
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi 4096 Nov 10 14:36 weatherforecast/

Thank you so much for your time with this btw :)

sdetweil

@ForeverBrewing said in MagicMirror Newsfeed continually "loading"...:

Thank you so much for your time with this btw

no problem… like to help…

but the output doesn’t match the config at all… there should be more info about the other modules and errors if they were not found…

ForeverBrewing

@sdetweil

Well I guess installing a fresh copy wont be too much hassle! Its not like I cant work out how to get the google assistant to work anyway, so I’ll probably just keep it completely vanilla. Even I cant balls that up too much…

sdetweil

@ForeverBrewing use the updated installer… see https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer
you should rename the current MM folder out of the way… then u can copy files over if need be

ForeverBrewing

@sdetweil

Will do, thanks for your help :)

spblat

For those googling this problem, consider whether you added the module to your config file but didn’t stop and restart the software. Many config changes can take effect just by saving the config file and reloading the browser window, but adding and removing modules…not so much :-)

sdetweil

@spblat if the module has a node_helper.js, you need to restart MM for any changes to take place