config

geo

hi when i try to boot mm meesage on screen asking me to create config.it was working and i was fiddling with the weather but dont know what i have done wrong.
i am not comp savvy and its taken me a long time to get here.
cheers
geo

Fozi

I‘m 100% sure you have a syntax error in your config, very likely a missing comma or a bracket. The error message is some what misleading. Post your config and we‘ll look on it.

sdetweil

@Fozi @geo
do

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm run config:check

fix each error, starting from the top, make one change, rerun
the error is usually reported on the line AFTER the problem

unexpected token is usually a missing comma on the line before, or missing matched quotes

geo

@Fozi hi i am now really embarassed,how do i post tme config.
i should explain i thought the mirror would be a great project but did not realise ,for me, how complicated it was.
cheers
geo

BD0G

Stick with it! Its a great learning experience. Just take your time and dont rush.

Here is how you post your config entries.

Open the MagicMirror/config/config.js file in a text editor. Highlight the entries in the config file. CTRL-C or copy command. Then come back to the forum and start a reply post. When you want to paste your code click on the little </> icon above the post. You will see a notification in the posting then that reads Code Here. Highlight that Code Here and choose CTRL-V or paste command. That will paste the code. Choose Submit! Done.

geo

code_text
```/* 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: "calendar",
			header: "GB Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "webcal://www.calendar/embed?src=en.uk%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com"					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},
		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config: 
				location: "",
				locationID: "53.9576",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "76b503a29647f3a01dd9ba1055daea6d",
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "",
				
				,
				locationID: "53.9576",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "76b503a29647f3a01dd9ba1055daea6d",
			}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title:  "BBC",
						url: "http://WWW.BBC.com/services/xml/rss/bbc/HomePage.xml",
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				
				showPublishDate: true,
				broadcastNewsFeeds: false,
				broadcastNewsUpdates: true,
			}
		},
	]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

broberg

you were missing a { after config: under the module currentweather

and also one to many , under the module weatherforecast

Corrected code :

		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {   
				location: "",
				locationID: "53.9576",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "76b503a29647f3a01dd9ba1055daea6d",
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "",
				locationID: "53.9576",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "76b503a29647f3a01dd9ba1055daea6d",
			}
		},

sdetweil

@geo said in config:

  {
  	module: "currentweather",
  	position: "top_right",
  	config: 
  		location: "",
  		locationID: "53.9576",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
  		appid: "76b503a29647f3a01dd9ba1055daea6d",
  	}
  },

should be

		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config:  {    // < ---- missing open brace
				location: "",
				locationID: "53.9576",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "76b503a29647f3a01dd9ba1055daea6d",
			}
		},

this

		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "",
				
				,
				locationID: "53.9576",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "76b503a29647f3a01dd9ba1055daea6d",
			}
		}

should be

		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "",
				
				//,   < ---  remove extra comma
				locationID: "53.9576",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "76b503a29647f3a01dd9ba1055daea6d",
			}
		}

geo

hi and thx again.still no joy and i have poated the latest config```
code_text

 *
 * 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: "calendar",
			header: "GB Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "webcal://www.calendar/embed?src=en.uk%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com"					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},
		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config:  {     
				location: "",
				locationID: "53.9576",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "76b503a29647f3a01dd9ba1055daea6d",
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "",
				
				
				locationID: "53.9576",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "76b503a29647f3a01dd9ba1055daea6d",
			}
		}
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config:
				feeds: [
					{
						title:  "BBC",
						url: "http://WWW.BBC.com/services/xml/rss/bbc/HomePage.xml",
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				
				showPublishDate: true,
				broadcastNewsFeeds: false,
				broadcastNewsUpdates: true,
			}
		},
	]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

sdetweil

@geo missing the /* as the 1st line

sdetweil

@geo here is the fixed up config

run thru npm run config:check til no errors

missing comma and open {

/*
 *
 * 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: "calendar",
			header: "GB Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "webcal://www.calendar/embed?src=en.uk%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com"					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},
		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config:  {     
				location: "",
				locationID: "53.9576",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "76b503a29647f3a01dd9ba1055daea6d",
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "",
				
				
				locationID: "53.9576",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "76b503a29647f3a01dd9ba1055daea6d",
			}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title:  "BBC",
						url: "http://WWW.BBC.com/services/xml/rss/bbc/HomePage.xml",
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				
				showPublishDate: true,
				broadcastNewsFeeds: false,
				broadcastNewsUpdates: true,
			}
		},
	]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

geo


 

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2019-11-16T14_09_4
code_text
``

sdetweil

@geo needs to be done from inside the MagicMirror folder…

geo

@sdetweil hi after another attempt i find the config is empty all that is available is the sample

sdetweil

@geo i posted the corrected config.js above, cut/paste it back into the ~/MagicMiror/config/config.js file

geo

@geo would it be better to delete and re install

sdetweil

@geo no… just missing the config file…
select the text in my post above, right click mouse, select copy,
then open an editor on the file and right click mouse paste

i use ssh and BitVise ssh client so I can access and edit files thru my windows machine

geo

@sdetweil hi sorry but i am stuck config.js is empty and cant find text editor

sdetweil

@geo nano is a text editor

you can also do

cp config.js.sample config.js

to copy the initial

geo

totally totally out of my depth and do not understand why my config.js is empty and why the text editor is missing.sorry