How to interact with the news module?

[clhe0423]

Hi All,

I want to interact with the default news module by being able to press it and show the website of the news/a pop up.
It is supposed to be ARTICLE_MORE_DETAILS but I am not sure where to put this code in nor how to activate this function.
Would appreciate some pointers!

Also, could the calendar module allow scrolling/interactive function?

[sdetweil]

@clhe0423 it just goes in the config;{} section of the newsreader module.

https://docs.magicmirror.builders/modules/newsfeed.html#using-the-module

but you can’t ‘touch’ to do anything

not on calendar either.

mm is an output only medium…

[clhe0423]

hi sam,

thanks for replying me.
the code below isn’t working though…not sure where to put it :(

{
module: "newsfeed",
position: "lower_third",
config: {
 feeds: [
	{
	title: "The Star",
	url: "https://www.thestar.com.my/rss/News"
	},
	{
	title: "Malay Mail",
	url: "https://www.malaymail.com/feed/rss/malaysia"
	},
	],
	showSourceTitle: true,
	showPublishDate: true,
	broadcastNewsFeeds: true,
	broadcastNewsUpdates: true,
	articleMoreDetails:true,
	this.sendNotification('ARTICLE_MORE_DETAILS');
				
	}
	},

[sdetweil]

@clhe0423 it goes before the feeds: [] list as it is not about a specific feed…

and the this. line doesn’t go in config.js

and you should practice aligning the {} and [] and indenting the things inside each

you have 1 too many }

[clhe0423]

oh dear, am a bit lost in this as coding is all new to me
don’t really understand where to place this ‘ARTICLE_MORE_DETAILS’ part in the code…:(

{
module: "newsfeed",
position: "lower_third",
			
config: {
'ARTICLE_MORE_DETAILS'
feeds: [
{
title: "The Star",
url: "https://www.thestar.com.my/rss/News"
},
{
title: "Malay Mail",
url: "https://www.malaymail.com/feed/rss/malaysia"
},
],
showSourceTitle: true,
showPublishDate: true,
broadcastNewsFeeds: true,
broadcastNewsUpdates: true,
articleMoreDetails:true,	
}
},

[sdetweil]

@clhe0423 said in How to interact with the news module?:

articleMoreDetails:true,

u did

that text above is useless…

the module layout in confg.js is

{
    module:"modulename",
    position:"someposition",
    disabled: true or false,
    classes:"somestring if u want more",
    config : {      // everything to configure the module goes inside here
        // all parms NOT related to a SPECIFIC feed (but all feeds in this case)
        settingname: settingvalue,
            ..
            ..
        setting_list: [   // like feeds
            {     // feed 1
             // all parms related to a specific feed
               feed_parm1:" feed_parm1_value",
               feed_parm2:"feed_pamr2_value"
            },
            {  // feed 2
               ...
            }
        ]                   
    }
}

also, EVERY parm is name:value never just a string of text

and general rules

       the thing the the left of ';'  does not need quotes
       the thing to the right of colon is a number (1234, 1234.5) or true/false, does not need quotes
       otherwise if needs  quotes if it contains letters 1234, some_street, fred, sue, 
       when u get to the end of a line, ask yourself, is ther MORE to this setting?
      if so, this line should end with a comma  , comma means more to come

if u see an error ‘unexpected token’,
that USUALLY means missing comma on the line prior to the error line
the rest of the (usually) is a missing close } or ]

[thobach]

@clhe0423 You can find here an example how it is used in MMM-Gestures: https://github.com/thobach/MMM-Gestures/blob/master/MMM-Gestures.js#L110 & https://github.com/thobach/MMM-Gestures/blob/master/MMM-Gestures.js#L118

[clhe0423]

Does the interaction with the news module only work for this MMM-Gesture module?
As I read through the description, yes I am looking for a module that would allow me to interact with the news module, meaning if I press the “read more” button it would bring me to another page or use the Iframe to show the news.
I have an IR screen so I can touch the screen using that frame, but the hardware required in this Gesture module requires different sensors?