MMM-Remote-Control API Questions

sgarg15

If anyone else who understands the API could help me out i would really appreaciate it as well @sdetweil

sdetweil

@sgarg15 so, you need a node_helper for the python script to send the notice to(as it can launch the python script and read the messages) and then the node helper can send the notification up to its modulename.js, which can then send the notification.

lots of modules work this way, PIR

MMM-Swipe does this exact thing, which is what I think u want to use

fork it, change the name, and modify the node_helper to launch your python script and accept your python messages

sgarg15

@sdetweil If possible could you please give me an example of how i would do it, i dont know much about js. and i looked at the MMM-Swipe but i couldnt understand much

sdetweil

@sgarg15 swipe isn’t a good example after all, uses a library which hides all that… nor PIR…

your python script needs to run forever and put out messages for each movement it sees…

then you use the nodejs Python_Shell library to launch it

import {PythonShell} from 'python-shell';

let pyshell = new PythonShell('my_script.py');  // < --- whatever your script name, in the module folder
 
// the .on handler gets called each time the pythin script writes a message to stdout
pyshell.on('message', function (message) {
  // received a message sent from the Python script (a simple "print" statement)
  console.log(message);
  // send info up to modulename.js
  this.sendSocketNotification("movement", message)
});

sgarg15

@sdetweil This may be a stupid question, but is there any way i can test this on my laptop, without the raspberry pi?

sdetweil

@sgarg15 of course. See my comments in .txt file include
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/555/txt-file-include/57

Not the actual node_helper but the code inside. Of course u can install mm on your PC as well

sgarg15

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sgarg15

@sdetweil

var dataFile=["Archer S01E02Someshow.tv",
"Archer S01E03Someshow .tv",
"Archer S01e02Someshow .tv",
"Archer S01E04Someshow .tv",
"Archer S01E05someshow .tv",
"Archer s01E02Someshow .tv",
"Archer S01E09Someshow .tv",
]
var counter1=10


                    if(dataFile){
                        var output_list= [];
                        // should make this a config variable by adding to module defaults
                       // then would be this.config.counter
                       // get display limit, 10 if not specified in defaults
                       var counter=counter1 || 10
                        // setup regex, no i  no g (only once, and case sensitive)
                        var splitRegExp = /.*[S][(0-9)]+[E][(0-9)]+/;
                        // loop thru the list of filenames
                        for(filename of dataFile) {
                            // if the name is not zero length (split could have returned for just linefeed
                            if(filename.length >0 && counter >0) {
                               // get the filename prefix
                               var split = splitRegExp.exec(filename);
                               // save name to the output list, as a table entry
                               // remove space after the ->< , the forum hides everything after unless a space
                               // table has a row, 
                               output_list.push("<tr><td>")
                               // with data
                               if(split)
                                  output_list.push(split)
                               else 
                                   output_list.push('name not matched '+ filename)
                               // end of data and row
                               output_list.push("</td></tr>")
                               counter--;
                            } 
                        }  
                    }
                        // insert the table into the wrapper
            console.log( "<table>" + output_list.join('')+ "</table>");

This correct?

sgarg15

@sdetweil Also how do i make it so that the python file is always running?

sdetweil

@sgarg15 that was the example of running a little js app on the command line node js_filename

The exact code here doesn’t help you, but the prior code I posted is what u want to try. Altho I don’t know how u will hook it to the sensors on your pc