Help needed simple API based module

washichi

@yawns thank you!
the module shows now this.message and refreshes it with the schedule.
however I am still doing something wrong in my request:

	updateISS: function() {
		var url = this.config.apiBase;
		var self = this;
		var opennotifyRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
		opennotifyRequest.open("GET", url, true);
		this.message = "in updateISS";
		opennotifyRequest.onreadystatechange = function() {
		self.message = "request status: "+ to.String(this.status); // not displayed
		if (this.readyState === 4) {
			if (this.status === 200) {
				var resp = JSON.parse(this.response);
				self.latitude = resp.iss_position.latitude;
				self.longitude = resp.iss_position.longitude;
				self.timestamp = resp.timestamp;
				self.message = resp.message;
				self.message = "dit gebeurt niet";
			}
		}
		};
	opennotifyRequest.send();
	self.updateDom();
	}

I can’t set message in that function, for example line 86. I use self/this wrong, or the function isn’t executing. but the code continous because when I set the message before or after that function it gets displayed.

yawns

@washichi
hm. Did you try to output latitude and longitude as well in getDom to see if this is working?

washichi

@yawns No I didn’t, but that should be exactly the same thing.
If I hardcode the (any) variable in “issRequest.onreadystatechange = function() {”
then it just doesn’t display, so it looks like it isn’t going in that function.
but if I hardcode the (any) variable after that function It displays.

So I can display the variable (message), but the variable doesn’t get filled with the request.

yawns

Simple way to test if it entering the function:

Log.error("function entered");

Press F12 in browser, check for console output and refresh the website. If the function is entered you will see “function entered” in the console.

washichi

thank you! It’s now working :)
I thought that my scheduleupdate was working but it didn’t (only 2 times )
with the Log function I could find the problem easy .

yawns

great. Now tidy up your code ;) and present your module in modules showcase

ooom416354

@washichi @yawns this is great work. I am wondering, would this completed code be kind of a base for making other API calls which return data in JSON format?

washichi

@ooom416354 Yes, but other modules are also that.
I used the default module “weatherforecast” it is an simple api based module that gets the data and displays it in a table.

I’m now trying to add a map, and then display the ISS current position on that, but implementing this in a module is a lot harder then normal javascript :p.

yawns

@ooom416354
Yes, kind of. At least with JSON calls without additional headers. The you need to use request and a node_helper

ooom416354

@washichi Yea, I am still not even sure how to translate the returned JSON to an actual visual table on the mirror. Not very good at this lol