Read local txt file from node_helper.js

[sdetweil]

@Aphamguin you did set a position for your module in config, right? else the output doesn’t get used

[sdetweil]

@Aphamguin the sample mm provides (hello world), uses the nunjuks template approach

[Aphamguin]

@sdetweil I have emailed you the main js file, the helper, and the txt file, all as txt files. I hope you got it.
I did set a position, yes.
Where can I get the sample mm? What is the nunjuks template approach?

[sdetweil]

@Aphamguin my sample module
https://github.com/sdetweil/SampleModule

I don’t have any links to nunjuks.

but basically you create a layout template with locations for variables, and then supply the data, and the template engine does that formatting
see the helloworld module in the defaults folder

I am working on your module. the initial problem is the data filename has to have a path, else it will be in the MagicMirror folder.

but there is also an easier way to process your data.

in a couple hours I will get it back to you the same way

[Aphamguin]

@sdetweil Ok I’ll play around with it then.
Wow great. Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it.

[sdetweil]

@Aphamguin sent back

[Aphamguin]

To conclude this issue, when reading from a local txt file with node_helper.js, you have to make sure the file name has a path. And then when parsing it, you can parse it easily by checking for carriage returns (\r) to see if if its a windows file. Here is a snippet of the solution:

this.rawText = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/localTxtFile.txt').toString()
this.isWindows = (this.rawText.indexOf('\r') == -1) ? false:true
this.variable= this.rawText.split(this.isWindows ? '\r\n\r\n' : '\n\n')

[sdetweil]

@Aphamguin well, you think about what you are trying to accomplish,

I changed the file to Linux line ends. then realized u might get it from somewhere as windows line end. so added to make it work either way.