pls help: how to force/refresh "External Compliment File"?

[sdetweil]

@rs the default compliments module only reads the file at mm startup.

[rs]

@sdetweil said in pls help: how to force/refresh "External Compliment File"?:

@rs the default compliments module only reads the file at mm startup.

thank you for your reply!

well, that’s a bummer…

[swvalenti]

@rs to jump onto this I can’t get a remote file to work, how did you use yours?

[sdetweil]

@swvalenti see

sorry, meant this one

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/6757/need-more-compliments-compliments-json/13?_=1632064035771

well, both

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/6757/need-more-compliments-compliments-json/14?_=1632064035783

[rs]

@swvalenti

{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "middle_center",
			config: { 
				remoteFile: 'https://dl.dropbox.com/s/XXXXXXXXXXXX/mirror_messages.json'	}
		},

[sdetweil]

@rs for dropbox u need the shared link ( as no user is logged on to dropbox) and u need dl=1 (instead of 0) to enable direct download