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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    • Mykle1M Offline
      Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @htilburgs
      last edited by

      @htilburgs

      Have a look at this. It is a very simple module meant to teach someone to do exactly what you described in your post.

      https://github.com/mykle1/MMM-UFO

      Create a working config
      How to add modules

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      • htilburgsH Offline
        htilburgs
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        Thanks for the reply.
        I’ve an api for getting the Prayer Times.

        http://api.aladhan.com/v1/timings/19-03-2019?latitude=51.508515&longitude=-0.1254872&method=2

        In this case there a 4 parameters: date, latitude, longitude and method.
        The result is a json file

        {"code":200,"status":"OK","data":{"timings":{"Fajr":"04:34","Sunrise":"06:06","Dhuhr":"12:08","Asr":"15:23","Sunset":"18:11","Maghrib":"18:11","Isha":"19:44","Imsak":"04:24","Midnight":"00:09"},"date":{"readable":"19 Mar 2019","timestamp":"1552953600","hijri":{"date":"12-07-1440","format":"DD-MM-YYYY","day":"12","weekday":{"en":"Al Thalaata","ar":"\u0627\u0644\u062b\u0644\u0627\u062b\u0627\u0621"},"month":{"number":7,"en":"Rajab","ar":"\u0631\u064e\u062c\u064e\u0628"},"year":"1440","designation":{"abbreviated":"AH","expanded":"Anno Hegirae"},"holidays":[]},"gregorian":{"date":"19-03-2019","format":"DD-MM-YYYY","day":"19","weekday":{"en":"Tuesday"},"month":{"number":3,"en":"March"},"year":"2019","designation":{"abbreviated":"AD","expanded":"Anno Domini"}}},"meta":{"latitude":51.508515,"longitude":-0.1254872,"timezone":"Europe\/London","method":{"id":2,"name":"Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)","params":{"Fajr":15,"Isha":15}},"latitudeAdjustmentMethod":"ANGLE_BASED","midnightMode":"STANDARD","school":"STANDARD","offset":{"Imsak":0,"Fajr":0,"Sunrise":0,"Dhuhr":0,"Asr":0,"Maghrib":0,"Sunset":0,"Isha":0,"Midnight":0}}}}
        

        I like to filter on the first object “timings” (Fajr until Midnight) and present this information in a table on the Mirror (HTML layout comes later)

        I’ve been looking in other modules and trying to learn, but some use node_helper, some don’t and I’m a littlebit stuck right now.

        (still trying to learn JS, but not afraid to ask) ☺

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          A Former User @htilburgs
          last edited by A Former User

          @htilburgs
          If your API can be reached simply (without authentification, or any other dependencies), You can use xmlHttpRequest to get contents of specific URL in your main module js.
          When you need that result of API, Use this logic. (It’s better to make function. but here is just example)

          var url = "http://api.aladhan.com/......"
          var req = new XMLHttpRequest()
          req.overrideMimeType("application/json")
          req.open('GET', url, true)
          req.onload  = () => {
             var jsonResult = JSON.parse(req.responseText)
             // do your job with jsonResult
             console.log(jsonResult)
          }
          req.send()
          

          See https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_http.asp to learn about XMLHttpRequest

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            A Former User @htilburgs
            last edited by A Former User

            @htilburgs
            Then, you can access the jsonData like this; (This will be your main job)

            ...
            var Fajr = jsonResult.data.timings.Fajr
            console.log(Fajr)
            

            last, you can print it MM screen with .getDom()(You should call .updateDom() to update screen) or DOM manipulation.

            ...
            this.dataToShow.Fajr = jsonResult.data.timings.Fajr
            ...
            
            
            getDom : function() {
              var dom = document.createElement("div")
              if (this.dataToShow) dom.innerHTML = this.dataToShow.Fajr
              return dom
            },
            
            

            I’m skipping many things. This is just hint or sample. Remains will be your homework. :D

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            • htilburgsH Offline
              htilburgs @Mykle1
              last edited by

              @Mykle1 @Sean
              Both thanks for the quick reply.
              For now I’ve information that I can use to start.
              If there are any questions, I know where to be ;-)

              (still trying to learn JS, but not afraid to ask) ☺

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              • htilburgsH Offline
                htilburgs
                last edited by

                I used the example from MMM-UFO, and started the module.
                How can I check if there is data from the API URL?

                (still trying to learn JS, but not afraid to ask) ☺

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                • htilburgsH Offline
                  htilburgs @htilburgs
                  last edited by

                  Oke, got it. I had to add some console.log settings…:flushed_face:

                  (still trying to learn JS, but not afraid to ask) ☺

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                  • htilburgsH Offline
                    htilburgs
                    last edited by

                    @Mykle1 I’m using MMM-UFO as example and trying to figure out. I’m getting somewhere but… The data is retrieved through the api and this is the result:

                    Asr: "16:01"
                    Dhuhr: "12:46"
                    Fajr: "05:12"
                    Imsak: "05:02"
                    Isha: "20:21"
                    Maghrib: "18:49"
                    Midnight: "00:46"
                    Sunrise: "06:44"
                    Sunset: "18:49"
                    

                    The module is generated on the MM

                    alt text

                    But as you can see, it cannot read or display the data in the correct way.
                    This is the code that I use to get the data from the resultset.

                    // Fajr from data
                    var mptFajr = document.createElement("div");
                    mptFajr.classList.add("small", "bright", "fajr");
                    mptFajr.innerHTML = "Fajr : " + MPT.Fajr;
                    wrapper.appendChild(mptFajr);
                    

                    I can’t figure out what the problem is. It seems have something to do with the time-string that is returned. But whatever I try, no luck. Any idea?

                    (still trying to learn JS, but not afraid to ask) ☺

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                    • Mykle1M Offline
                      Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @htilburgs
                      last edited by

                      @htilburgs said in Develop module with API:

                      mptFajr.innerHTML = "Fajr : " + MPT.Fajr;

                      Is this correct? MPT.Fajr above? Not mpt.Fajr?

                      Create a working config
                      How to add modules

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                        sdetweil @Mykle1
                        last edited by

                        @Mykle1 it’s not json format. Same problem as your PC stats

                        Sam

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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