.txt file include

[sdetweil]

@banbutcher is dataFile an array of filenames? then yes, you’ll need a loop.
so, you are moving part of name a, to a new array
then part of name b to the next slot in the array

array.push(item)
adds item to the end of the array

name_of_array =[] initializes name_of_array to be an empty array

then u will need to format the array of partial names

var x = name_of_array.join(separator)
will turn the array into x, a string with separator between the names

[banbutcher]

Band.Of.Brothers.E01.1080p.5.1Ch.BluRay.ReEnc-DeeJayAhmed.srt <br>
Archer S01E03 Diversity Hire (1080p x265 10bit S94 Joy).mkv <br>
devs.s01e02.720p.hdtv.x264-river[eztv].mkv <br>
What.We.Do.in.the.Shadows.S02E02.Ghosts.720p.AMZN.WEBRip.DDP5.1.x264-NTb[eztv.io].mkv <br>
What.We.Do.in.the.Shadows.S02E01.Resurrection.720p.AMZN.WEBRip.DDP5.1.x264-NTb[eztv.io].mkv <br>

this is the file im reading from… im not sure if thats an array, sorry and i want them outputted same line by line just missing the trailing parts.

again thanks for your help :)

[sdetweil]

@banbutcher reading how

[banbutcher]

this is my main module .js

i think this is where im reading from :/

Module.register("deluge",{
	defaults: {
		updateInterval: 10 * 60 * 1000 //reads the file every 10 mins
	},

	start: function(){
		this.sendSocketNotification("START", this.config);
	},

	socketNotificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
		if(notification === "DATA"){
			this.dataFile = payload;
			this.updateDom();
		}
	},

//	getDom: function(){
//		var wrapper = document.createElement("div");
//		if(this.dataFile){
//			wrapper.innerHTML = this.dataFile;
//		} else {
//			wrapper.innerHTML = "No data";
//		}
//		return wrapper;
//	}




	getDom: function(){
		var wrapper = document.createElement("div");
		if(this.dataFile){
                        var splitRegExp = /.*[S][(0-9)]+[E][(0-9)]+/ig;
                        var split = splitRegExp.exec(this.dataFile);

			wrapper.innerHTML = split;
		} else {
			wrapper.innerHTML = "No Data";
		}
		return wrapper;
	}



});

again thanks for your help :)

im in way overmy head here!

[sdetweil]

@banbutcher reading in the node_helper, sending up to the module.

[banbutcher]

Node_helper :)

const NodeHelper = require("node_helper");
const fs= require("fs");

module.exports = NodeHelper.create({
//here comes the part of the nodehelper after the 3 dots as posted above

	socketNotificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
		if(notification === "START"){
			this.config = payload;
			this.readData();
    			setInterval(() => {
        			this.readData();
    			}, this.config.updateInterval);
		}
	},

	readData: function(){
		//to read a file to do the following
		fs.readFile("new-tv-list.txt", "utf8", (err, data) => {
			if (err) throw err;
			this.sendSocketNotification("DATA", data);
		});
	}
});

[sdetweil]

@banbutcher I won’t have time to look at this tonight

[banbutcher]

@sdetweil
not a problem at all, i really appreciate your help so far in this topic and every other question ive had across the board! :thumbs_up_light_skin_tone:

[sdetweil]

@banbutcher ok, the fs.readFile() returns ALL the content of the file. I still would remove the utf8.

but you want a list of names, not a stream of characters…
so you need to split the stream into an array.

a list of text ‘lines’ has a character after each, called a line feed, we don’t want those

but the last filename MAY or MAY NOT be followed by a line feed. (depends on how the file was created)

anyhow we can fix that

I would change the readData function in node_helper like this

readData: function(){
		//to read a file to do the following
		fs.readFile("new-tv-list.txt", (err, data) => {
                        var output_data = null
                        // if there was no error  
			if (!err){
                          // convert byte stream to array of names   
                          output_data=data.toString().concat("\n").split('\n')
                        }   
                        // always send something back to module, so it can display messages
                        // might be null if there was an error 
			this.sendSocketNotification("DATA", output_data);
		});
	}

then to fix the module side
build an html table structure

var wrapper = document.createElement("div");
		if(this.dataFile){
                        var output_list= [];
                        // setup regex, no i  no g (only once, and case sensitive)
                        var splitRegExp = /.*[S][(0-9)]+[E][(0-9)]+/;
                        // loop thru the list of filenames
                        for(filename of this.dataFile) {
                            // if the name is not zero length (split could have returned for just linefeed
                            if(filename.length >0) {
                               // get the filename prefix
                               var split = splitRegExp.exec(filename);
                               // save name to the output list, as a table entry
                               // remove space after the ->< , the forum hides everything after unless a space
                               // table has a row, 
                               output_list.push("< tr>< td>")
                               // with data
                               output_list.push(split)
                               // end of data and row
                               output_list.push("< /td>< /tr>")
                            } 
                        }  
                        // insert the table into the wrapper
			wrapper.innerHTML = "< table>" + output_list.join('')+ "< /table>";
		} else {

[sdetweil]

@banbutcher

you can also you divs instead of a table, and then set a css style
‘display’:‘inline-flex’
‘flex-direction’:‘vertical’

and u can also use code to create the tree instead of text (don’t use the output_list anymore)
(and u can use this with divs too, don’t need as many elements)

var table=document.createElement("table")
wrapper.appendChild(table)
          for(filename of this.dataFile) {
               // if the name is not zero length (split could have returned for just linefeed
               if(filename.length >0) {
                      // get the filename prefix
                      var tr=document.createElement("tr")
                      table.appendChild(tr)
                      var td=document.createElement("td")
                      tr.appendChild(td)
                      var split = splitRegExp.exec(filename);
                      td.innerText=split
                }
      }
return wrapper;