Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Display JSON data from an api
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Did you get any traction with this? I’m looking for similar solutions; Display fields from JSON formatted file.
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You would need to create a module to do this…
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You could take a look at the MMM-Rest… It doesnt have the ability to read json but could be modified. If you do modify it to accept json, please let me know as I am also looking for a way to do this.
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/1851/mmm-rest-reading-json
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@mortenbirkelund it would be easier to just write a new module for it… hacking something will probably not give you the results you want.
What is the address of the api?
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Thanks, yes. Do you happen to know of a module that successfully loads data from a JSON file? Seems like such a simple thing to do.
and @mortenbirkelund
Thanks for the suggestion. I don’t have the skills to make this, yet. -
@cowboysdude said in Display JSON data from an api:
it would be easier to just write a new module for it…
Perhaps. I just guessed a the rest module could be a good starting point.
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@looolz Where is the info coming from? What is the api address?
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@cowboysdude There is no API. In this case it’s just shell scripts that write out JSON files. I could modify the shell script to write out the files anyhow I want.
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So this is just a JSON file which is sitting on your raspberry, right?
The approach would be the same as with the compliments.js module loading a local file with additional statements.
That shouldn’t be too difficult. I could try to tackle this, but I need to complete another module first which is waiting for so long already … too much to do and no time :( -
@yawns Thanks for the reply!
Well, the JSON-file would be hosted on a server, so a http-path to the file would do the job for sure. A common way to do this that I’ve seen is installing Dropbox on a server, and sharing out the JSON file via a public link.
