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      jcleary05
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      Hi Guys

      I am currently in the process of building a module for my dissertation project in university. The module which I will be building will require touch input to complete a questionaire and push the answers of the questionaire to a database.

      Could anyone point me towards some modules which utilise touch input and/or push information to a database?

      Thanks

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        sdetweil @jcleary05
        last edited by sdetweil

        @jcleary05 so, first you have to put MM on a system with a touch screen…

        after than your module would create a small html ‘page’ with a normal html form in it,
        and use the exact same techniques as any javascript driven page…

        you add am event Handler to the button on the form, and then use the document. xxx methods to extract the field data

        https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11563638/how-do-i-get-the-value-of-text-input-field-using-javascript

        push info to database… what database? in Mongodb adding a record looks like
        db.collection(collection_name).insertOne(jsondata, function(err,result){ })

        Sam

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          lavolp3 Module Developer @jcleary05
          last edited by

          @jcleary05 For touch input, have a look at these:

          https://github.com/werthdavid/MMM-Bring

          https://github.com/lavolp3/MMM-Keyboard (not ready yet, but soon!)
          https://github.com/lavolp3/MMM-NavigationBar

          As you see I’m working extensively on a “touch MM” as a kitchen hub.

          Regarding a database, I can’t help you

          How to troubleshoot modules
          MMM-soccer v2, MMM-AVStock

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            jcleary05
            last edited by

            @sdetweil Thanks for getting back to me!

            The database will most likely be based of mySQL using phpMyAdmin (The university provides this)

            Im unsure how I would actually gain access to this database and submit to it using the current setup of modules. Could this potentially be done using node js?

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              sdetweil @jcleary05
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              @jcleary05 mysql, yes , see the node library https://www.npmjs.com/package/mysql, which gives you node methods to call to connect and access the database

              Sam

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                jcleary05
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                @sdetweil
                Thanks again for getting back to me!

                Do you believe it will be possible for me to submit an entry to a database using the nodehelper.js file?

                I am currently trying to find an example but I am unsure of any which are available?

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                  sdetweil @jcleary05
                  last edited by sdetweil

                  @jcleary05 sure… I use mongodb, and connect to it via the node helper

                  here is a web page that describes all the operations (connect, search/get/select,
                  update,

                  https://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/nodejs_mysql.asp

                  Sam

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                    jcleary05 @lavolp3
                    last edited by

                    @lavolp3 Sorry man just seeing your message now,
                    Thank you! this will be extremely helpful!

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                      sdetweil @jcleary05
                      last edited by sdetweil

                      @jcleary05 sorry, forgot to paste in the url

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                        jcleary05 @lavolp3
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                        @lavolp3

                        Just reviewing your modules, they look great! in particular I may have a use case for the keyboard, do you have an estimation when it will be ready to use?

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