MMM-NotificationTrigger transform payload

[A Former User]

I think it’s better to build a new module about alerting events by the condition.

[corius]

@lavolp3 @sdetweil thank you for the time you have spent so far. I would be happy if someone else has an idea how to implement it. Thanks:smiling_face:

[lavolp3]

@corius So I tamed the beast but I’m getting the feeling that @Sean is right.

The following would alert you of the next event every time the calendar sends a calendar_event notification:

	{
	  module: "MMM-NotificationTrigger",
	  config: {
		triggers:[
		  {
			trigger: "CALENDAR_EVENTS",
			fires: [
				{
					fire:"SHOW_ALERT",
					payload: (payload) => {
						var testMessage = "";
						var nextEvent = payload.find(event => event.startDate > moment().format("x"));
						testMessage = nextEvent.title + " " + moment(nextEvent.startDate, "x").format("HH:mm");
						return {
							type: "notification",
							title: "Next event:",
							message: testMessage
						} 
					},
				}
			],
		  },
		]
	  }	
	}, 

For some yet unknown reason, I am getting this alert 8 times! The alert then vanishes quite shortly after.

It is a good idea, but what I would do, no, WILL do, is implement a “Notification Alert Function” directly into the calendar module (or into MMM-CalendarExt, if you’re interested, @Sean).
I think that would be a better way of ontrolling the alert created from a calendar event appearing.

[sdetweil]

@lavolp3 said in MMM-NotificationTrigger transform payload:

For some yet unknown reason, I am getting this alert 8 times! The alert then vanishes quite shortly after.

because it still sends an alert notification, with an empty payload

fire:“SHOW_ALERT”, (always)

[lavolp3]

@sdetweil As far as I understand, it triggers when receiving the CALENDAR_EVENTS noti, and then “fires” a new notification, which is the “SHOW_ALERT” with the new payload.
This does not explain to me why it sends the “SHOW_ALERT” noti apparently 8 times in a row.

[sdetweil]

@lavolp3 cause calendar payload events is an array, fires once per