New to this and have no idea how to implement this module, MMM-RottenTomatoes

[Datfatboi]

Hey, I’m building my first magic mirror and so far I have added a weather and commute module. I’m now trying to add a module that will show me information about upcoming movies like box office and ratings. I found the module MMM-RotenTomatoes and have downloaded the rt-scraper and GitHub CLI but I have no idea what to do after that. I have absolutely no idea what to put in that config file for it work. Can anyone help?

https://github.com/AdamMoses-GitHub/MMM-RottenTomatoes/blob/master/MMM-RottenTomatoes.js

[sdetweil]

@Datfatboi all the config is on this page
https://github.com/AdamMoses-GitHub/MMM-RottenTomatoes

read the two links in my signature

[Datfatboi]

@sdetweil
I guess a better Question would be, in the config file is it supposed to look like this:

modules: [
		{
    			module: "MMM-RottenTomatoes",
    			position: "top_left",
    			config: {
			showHeader: "true"
			showBoxOffice: "true"
			showOpeningThisWeek: "true"
    		}
		},

OR something like this:

Module.register("MMM-RottenTomatoes", {
	// setup the default config options
	defaults: {		
		// optional
		showHeader: true,
		showOpeningThisWeek: true,
		showBoxOffice: true,
		showComingSoon: true,
		limitOpeningThisWeek: 3,
		limitBoxOffice: 3,
		limitComingSoon: 3,
		boxOfficeAfter: true,
		mergeOpeningAndComingSoon: true,
	},
	// the start function
	start: function() {
		// log starting
		Log.info("Starting module: " + this.name);
		// set refresh rate to 6 hours
		this.config.refreshRate = 6 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
        // set an identier config tag
		this.config.identifier = this.identifier;
		// set loaded, error, and the update to init values
		this.loaded = false;
		this.errorMessage = null;
		// set the header to this place
        if (this.config.showHeader) {    
            this.data.header = 'Rotten Tomatoes';
        }
		if (this.config.limitOpeningThisWeek == 0)
			this.config.limitOpeningThisWeek = 100;
		if (this.config.limitBoxOffice == 0)
			this.config.limitBoxOffice = 100;
		if (this.config.limitComingSoon == 0)
			this.config.limitComingSoon = 100;
        // add this config to the helper functions
		this.sendSocketNotification('ROTTEN_TOMATOES_REGISTER_CONFIG', this.config);
	},
	// the socket handler
	socketNotificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
		// if an update was received
		if (notification === "ROTTEN_TOMATOES_UPDATE") {
			// check this is for this module based on the woeid
			if (payload.identifier === this.identifier)
			{
				// set loaded flag, set the update, and call update dom                
				this.rtData = payload.rtData;
                this.loaded = true;
                this.updateDom();
			}
		}
        // if sent error notice
        if (notification === "ROTTEN_TOMATOES_TOO_MANY_ERRORS") {
            this.errorMessage("There was an error.");
            if (this.updateTimer !== null)
                clearTimeout(this.updateTimer);
            this.updateTimer = null;
            this.updateDom();
        }
	},
	//
	cleanScore: function(theScore) {
		if (theScore.indexOf('%') == -1)
			return '--';
		else
			return theScore;
	},
	//
	cleanTitle: function(theTitle) {
		if (theTitle.length > 28)
			return theTitle.slice(0, 28) + '...';
		else
			return theTitle;
	},
	// the get dom handler
	getDom: function() {
        // if an error, say so
        if (this.errorMessage !== null) {
            var wrapper = document.createElement("div");
			wrapper.className = "small";
			wrapper.innerHTML = this.errorMessage;
			return wrapper;	
        }
		// if nothing loaded yet, put in placeholder text
		if (!this.loaded) {
			var wrapper = document.createElement("div");
			wrapper.className = "small";
			wrapper.innerHTML = "Awaiting Update...";
			return wrapper;			
		}
		var titleSize = 'xsmall';
		var movieSize = 'xsmall';
		var wrapper = document.createElement("table");
		// do opening this week
		var allOTWandCSRows = [ ];
		if (this.config.showOpeningThisWeek) {
			var otwData = this.rtData.openingThisWeek;
			var otwTitleTR = document.createElement("tr");
			otwTitleTR.className = titleSize;
			var otwTitleTD = document.createElement("td");
			otwTitleTD.innerHTML = "Opening This Week";
			if (this.config.mergeOpeningAndComingSoon)
				otwTitleTD.innerHTML = "Opening / Coming Soon";
			otwTitleTD.colSpan = "3";
			otwTitleTR.appendChild(otwTitleTD);
			allOTWandCSRows.push(otwTitleTR);
			for (var cIndex = 0; 
					(cIndex < otwData.length) && (cIndex < this.config.limitOpeningThisWeek); 
					cIndex++) {
				var cOTW = otwData[cIndex];
				var otwRowTR = document.createElement("tr");	
				otwRowTR.className = movieSize;
				var otwRowMeter = document.createElement("td");
				otwRowMeter.innerHTML = this.cleanScore(cOTW.meter) + "  ";
				otwRowTR.appendChild(otwRowMeter);
				var otwRowTitle = document.createElement("td");
				otwRowTitle.innerHTML = this.cleanTitle(cOTW.title) + "  ";
				otwRowTitle.align = 'left';
				otwRowTR.appendChild(otwRowTitle);
				var otwRowDate = document.createElement("td");
				otwRowDate.innerHTML = "  " + cOTW.date;
				otwRowTR.appendChild(otwRowDate);
				allOTWandCSRows.push(otwRowTR);
			}
		}
		// do opening this week
		if (this.config.showOpeningThisWeek) {
			var csData = this.rtData.comingSoon;
			var csTitleTR = document.createElement("tr");
			csTitleTR.className = titleSize;
			var csTitleTD = document.createElement("td");
			csTitleTD.innerHTML = "Coming Soon";
			csTitleTD.colSpan = "3";
			csTitleTR.appendChild(csTitleTD);
			if (!this.config.mergeOpeningAndComingSoon)
				allOTWandCSRows.push(csTitleTR);
			for (var cIndex = 0; 
					(cIndex < csData.length) && (cIndex < this.config.limitComingSoon); 
					cIndex++) {
				var ccs = csData[cIndex];
				var csRowTR = document.createElement("tr");	
				csRowTR.className = movieSize;
				var csRowMeter = document.createElement("td");
				csRowMeter.innerHTML = this.cleanScore(ccs.meter) + "  ";
				csRowTR.appendChild(csRowMeter);
				var csRowTitle = document.createElement("td");
				csRowTitle.innerHTML = this.cleanTitle(ccs.title) + "  ";
				csRowTitle.align = 'left';
				csRowTR.appendChild(csRowTitle);
				var csRowDate = document.createElement("td");
				csRowDate.innerHTML = "  " + ccs.date;
				csRowTR.appendChild(csRowDate);
				allOTWandCSRows.push(csRowTR);
			}	
		}		
		// do box office
		var boRows = [ ];
		if (this.config.showBoxOffice) {
			var boData = this.rtData.boxOffice;
			var boTitleTR = document.createElement("tr");
			boTitleTR.className = titleSize;
			var boTitleTD = document.createElement("td");
			boTitleTD.innerHTML = "Box Office";
			boTitleTD.width = "250px";
			boTitleTD.colSpan = "3";
			boTitleTR.appendChild(boTitleTD);
			boRows.push(boTitleTR);
			for (var cIndex = 0; 
					(cIndex < boData.length) && (cIndex < this.config.limitBoxOffice); 
					cIndex++) {
				var cbo = boData[cIndex];
				var boRowTR = document.createElement("tr");	
				boRowTR.className = movieSize;
				var boRowMeter = document.createElement("td");
				boRowMeter.innerHTML = this.cleanScore(cbo.meter) + "  ";
				boRowTR.appendChild(boRowMeter);
				var boRowTitle = document.createElement("td");
				boRowTitle.innerHTML = this.cleanTitle(cbo.title) + "  ";
				boRowTitle.align = 'left';
				boRowTR.appendChild(boRowTitle);
				var boRowGross = document.createElement("td");
				boRowGross.innerHTML = "  " + cbo.gross;
				boRowTR.appendChild(boRowGross);
				boRows.push(boRowTR);
			}
		}
		// build the table
        var allRows = [ ];
        // if set to show box office first, do that
		if (!this.config.boxOfficeAfter)
			allRows = allRows.concat(boRows);
        // add opening this week and coming soon rows
		allRows = allRows.concat(allOTWandCSRows);
        // if set to show box office after, do that
		if (this.config.boxOfficeAfter)
			allRows = allRows.concat(boRows);
        // add all rows to the return table wrapper
		for (var cIndex = 0; cIndex < allRows.length; cIndex++) {
			wrapper.appendChild(allRows[cIndex]);
		}
        // return table wrapper
		return wrapper;	
	}
});

[mumblebaj]

@Datfatboi You should only add the following to your config.js

{
module: “MMM-RottenTomatoes”,
position: “top_left”,
config: {
showHeader: “true”
showBoxOffice: “true”
showOpeningThisWeek: “true”
}
},

[sdetweil]

@Datfatboi never change the module code ( your second choice)
unless u are fixing a bug or adding some new function.

always put info into config.js

now, your lines for config.js are not correct.

{
	module: "MMM-RottenTomatoes",
	position: "top_left",
	config: {
		showHeader: "true"
		showBoxOffice: "true"
		showOpeningThisWeek: "true"
	}
},

watch out for the quote style… the curved ones are used by MS office apps…
we need the text ones, straight up and down

also u are missing some required trailing commas
look at each line, and follow the rules

general rules for module definition
{} and [] must be matched
the word to the left of : does not need quotes
the thing to the right of : if a number or, true/false does NOT need quotes
otherwise is needs quotes, single or double doesn’t matter as long as start and end quote are the same

if the thing on the next line is a word , then THIS line needs a trailing comma
if the thing on the next line is {, then THIS line needs a trailing comma

also, indentation makes it MUCH easier to see the {} and []