Add JS Code to the Mirror

[dnj0104]

@sdetweil

then I got

[2020-10-23 23:46:08.836] [INFO]   Checking file...  /home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js
[2020-10-23 23:46:09.049] [INFO]   Your configuration file doesn't contain syntax errors :)

[sdetweil]

@dnj0104 ok, so the error that causes the default config to load is caused by some other problem.

missing module, or some other failure

can u show the MM startup messages (from the window where you do npm start)

a module consists of the folder name

MMM-MPD

and its main js file

MMM-MPD.js

and inside MMM-MPD.js is the module register statement

Module.register("MMM-MPD", {

and in config.js

  {
     module: 'MMM-MPD',

this causes MM to look for the folder, filename and file contents in that order

SO, it SOUNDS like from a prior post, that the REAL name is

mod_client

(so there must be the right folder name, file name and file contents of
mod_client

if so, you can rename the folder (mv is the rename command on linux)
then in config.js you need

  module:'mod_client',

see the topic ‘How to add modules’ in my signature

[dnj0104]

@sdetweil said in Add JS Code to the Mirror:

mod_client

errors folder and file config.js (mmm-mpd) renamed to mod:

[2020-10-24 00:03:42.600] [ERROR]  WARNING! Could not validate config file. Starting with default configuration. Please correct syntax errors at or above this line: ReferenceError: NodeHelper is not defined
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/mod_client/node_helper.js:4:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:786:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:798:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:645:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:560:12)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:685:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:16:16)
    at loadModule (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:134:17)
    at loadNextModule (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:169:5)
    at /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:171:6
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.601] [LOG]    Loading module helpers ...
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.602] [LOG]    No helper found for module: alert.
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.603] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.604] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.605] [LOG]    No helper found for module: clock.
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.616] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.617] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: calendar
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.618] [LOG]    No helper found for module: .
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.619] [LOG]    No helper found for module: currentweather.
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.620] [LOG]    No helper found for module: weatherforecast.
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.621] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.621] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: newsfeed
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.623] [ERROR]  App threw an error during load
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.625] [ERROR]  ReferenceError: NodeHelper is not defined
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/mod_client/node_helper.js:4:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:786:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:798:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:645:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:560:12)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:685:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:16:16)
    at loadModule (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:134:17)
    at loadNextModule (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:169:5)
    at /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:171:6
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.627] [ERROR]  Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
[2020-10-24 00:03:42.628] [ERROR]  ReferenceError: NodeHelper is not defined
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/mod_client/node_helper.js:4:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:786:30)

------result---- dark—screen electron just showed black----------

roll back, Folder named to mod-client and in config.js and mpd_client.js to mod_client.
Result; electron start with no error all my modules shows, but not mod_client aka mpd_client

[sdetweil]

@dnj0104 what MM version are you running on? this problem was fixed in 2.10
do this
from the MM folder

cd ~/MagicMirror
git checkout modules/node_modules/node_helper/index.js

[dnj0104]

I got version 20.13.0

from your git command i get output

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ git checkout modules/node_modules/node_helper/index.js
error: pathspec 'modules/node_modules/node_helper/index.js' did not match any file(s) known to git

[sdetweil]

@dnj0104 can you do

cd ~/MagicMirror
grep version package.json

[dnj0104]

yes and and result is

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ grep version package.json
	"version": "2.13.0",

[sdetweil]

@dnj0104 yeh, mess

this module should be installed like this to make up for the name problem

cd ~/ MagicMirror/modules
git clone https://github.com/timjong93/MMM-MPD.git mpd_client
cd mpd_client
npm install

then everything matches

[sdetweil]

@dnj0104 thanks… so the git checkout would not have worked, sorry…

try the install as I suggest above

[dnj0104]

@sdetweil

so then i throw mpd client folder in trash and follow your
install instructions?

because I believe there have been a problem when I first installed mpd_client, I did not been clear where the npm install should been placed, if you read in mpd-client readme.md maybe you understand, english is not my first language, and my linux-fu is below first grade :)