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    Communication between webserver and MM

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    • strawberry 3.141S Offline
      strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer @bartalluyn
      last edited by

      @bartalluyn you can extend the server in a module and there you also can perform tasks like hide other modules, there is no need to change the core for it

      Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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        bartalluyn
        last edited by

        Re: Communication between webserver and MM

        Hi strawberry,
        many thanks for your reply.

        I’ve been playing around. A lot. And I’ve come to a solution.
        The reason why I want to adjust the core is because I want to be able to control the entire mirror from another application. Whether it be a desktop application, another background process, and even Alexa Voice Services. The easiest way to do this is via HTTP I think, certainly because those processes could be running on other machines. I’ve succeeded in creating a system to do this. You can read all about in on my blog.

        [https://smartmirrorprojectblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/21/letting-the-electron-server-speak-to-the-mirror-client/](link url)

        Thanks again!

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          broberg Project Sponsor
          last edited by broberg

          I’m no where near a coder so disregard this If I don’t get it, but after some fast reading of your blog post, it sounds like you should be able to use the code from [card:paviro/MMM-syslog]

          to take commands from HTTP, the syslog module takes information from a string like this : http://MIRROR_IP:MIRROR_PORT/syslog?type=INFO&message=YOUR_MESSAGE

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            bartalluyn
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            @broberg

            thank you very much for pointing this out to me. Looking at the code that might indeed be a viable alternative.
            I’m going to check it out, and post an article to my blog with my findings.

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              bartalluyn
              last edited by

              Hi there,
              I’ve been playing around, and changed the solution to the MMM-syslog alternative.
              Check it out in my blogpost:
              [https://smartmirrorprojectblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/an-alternative-custom-module/](link url)

              Thanks again for the pointer!

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              • strawberry 3.141S Offline
                strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer @bartalluyn
                last edited by

                @bartalluyn thats what i meant in first place

                Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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                  bartalluyn @strawberry 3.141
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                  @strawberry-3.141
                  Indeed, that’s what I realized after browsing through the syslog code. Kudo’s!

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