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How to load config data from file?

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    acimail01
    last edited by Jul 21, 2019, 7:21 PM

    no, it is the kiosk mode. but I also tried the serveronly mode.

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      idoodler Module Developer @acimail01
      last edited by Jul 21, 2019, 7:29 PM

      @acimail01 Start MagicMirror in debug mode with npm start dev, it will open the developer tools. Then look for any red lines in the console.

      If you can’t find the developer tools you can open it with CTRL-SHIFT-I

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        acimail01
        last edited by Jul 21, 2019, 7:42 PM

        Error message is:
        Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined at config.js:15

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          idoodler Module Developer @acimail01
          last edited by idoodler Jul 21, 2019, 8:12 PM Jul 21, 2019, 8:02 PM

          @acimail01 Ok, I just got an idea.

          Place your json somewhere in the config folder and place the following function in your config.js.

          function loadJSON(filePath) {
              if (typeof module !== "undefined") {
                  return require(filePath);
              } else {
                  try {
                      return JSON.parse($.ajax({
                          type: "GET",
                          url: filePath,
                          async: false
                      }).responseText);
                  } catch (e) {
                      console.error(e);
                      return {};
                  }
              }
          }
          

          And call it like:

          modules: [
          	loadJSON("config/clock.json")
          ]
          

          This function will synchronisly load the given JSON, serializes it and returns it. This code is completly untestet, but it should work anyway:)

          Edit: I just updated my answer to also work with node.js

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            acimail01
            last edited by Jul 21, 2019, 8:42 PM

            thank you but wont work also.
            Error:
            ReferenceError: $ is not defined at loadJSON

            I want to have all API keys and passwords from a common location and not scattered in the config.js, Hence the thought with a (yml) file.
            maybe this can be solved via an array variable in the config.js or similar.

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              idoodler Module Developer @acimail01
              last edited by idoodler Jul 21, 2019, 9:43 PM Jul 21, 2019, 9:41 PM

              @acimail01 Ok, we can fix the $ is not defined at loadJSON.

              Replace the function with the following which uses good old XMLHttpRequest:

              fuction loadJSON(filePath) {
                  if (typeof module !== "undefined") {
                      return require(filePath);
                  } else {
                      try {
                          var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
                          xmlhttp.open("GET", filePath, false);
                          xmlhttp.send();
                          if (xmlhttp.status === 200) {
                              return JSON.parse(xmlhttp.responseText);
                          } else {
                              throw "Unexpected status code!";
                          }
                      } catch (e) {
                          console.error(e);
                          return {};
                      }
                  }
              }
              
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                telmini
                last edited by Jan 25, 2021, 11:57 PM

                Did you manage to make this work? I’m trying to do kinda the same.

                Thanks

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