Converting an old JS file into a module

ooom416354 · Jan 30, 2017, 4:54 PM

Hi all,

I’ll preface this in saying I am a database developer and not a JavaScript developer at all but with some help from a fellow developer we did work on a file for the older mirror project that pulls data from an API into JSON format and displayed it on a webpage. It was a bit rough looking and not the best code but it worked. I have since moved on to using the MM2 and am wondering if someone would be able to help me convert this old code over to an actual working MM2 module. This particular process pulls down the train delay information from the MTA (NYC’s transit authority).

Thank you to everyone here for all of your help so far!

yawns · Jan 30, 2017, 5:05 PM

@ooom416354
Do you have a link to the old module?

ooom416354 · Jan 30, 2017, 5:22 PM

@yawns Sure, the code was added as part of jangellx’s mirror project.

the actual JS file is located here

https://github.com/jangellx/MagicMirror/blob/master/js/mm-mta.js

yawns · Jan 30, 2017, 7:41 PM

Okay, looks rather simple. Do you want to develop it yourself and just need a push into the right direction? Or do you want one of us to do the conversion?

ooom416354 · Jan 30, 2017, 9:38 PM

@yawns I think maybe if you guys are able to do the conversion I can then dive in and figure out how to go from one to the other. If I try to do it I think I’d get stuck too many times as I am pretty poor in JS. I really appreciate it!

cowboysdude · Jan 31, 2017, 3:17 AM

Looks like it just needs a vehicle to display the info in the MM…

ooom416354 · Jan 31, 2017, 3:17 AM

@cowboysdude for the old MM we ended up using the other function that the developer wrote to refresh and display it on the page. I’m just not sure how I can display it on the MM2 or what I’d need to rewrite to get it to work.

yawns · Jan 31, 2017, 10:12 AM

@ooom416354
~~ok. Do you have an api key you could provide to me via chat/pm? Then I don’t need to request an own one just for testing purposes~~

Nevermind, I got one :)

cowboysdude · Jan 31, 2017, 12:23 PM

@ooom416354 If you know js it’s easy…

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/tree/develop/modules

ooom416354 · Jan 31, 2017, 12:32 PM

@cowboysdude problem is I am so new to it and I don’t really know the best way to test without actually uploading everything to the Pi. I was using notepad++ to write but for testing I had used xampp for the MM1. That doesn’t work with node I don’t think right? I am a programmer but work mostly as a SQL developer so I never had a need for learning JavaScript. Is there any particular class, site, etc. I can start out with to learn and actually develop myself? Thanks.