Need help creating a module.

[mumblebaj]

@sdmydbr9 A few things are missing. Your MMM-LocalNews.js sends a Socket Notification which the node_helper is supposed to listening for and act upon. The node_helper need a socketNotificationReceived in order to start its work. When it is done doing it’s work it needs to send the data back to the MMM-LocalNews.js (sendSocketNotifcation). Have a look at this sample module https://github.com/sdetweil/SampleModule.

[sdmydbr9]

@mumblebaj so to sum up, the main.is is correct and I need to edit the nodehelper.js script?

[sdmydbr9]

@mumblebaj
Here is the updated nodehelper

var https = require("https");

module.exports = NodeHelper.create({

  // Override start method.
  start: function() {
    console.log("Starting node helper for: " + this.name);
  },

  // Handle the GET_VIDEO_TITLES socket notification.
  socketNotificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
    if (notification === "GET_VIDEO_TITLES") {
      var apiKey = payload.apiKey;
      var channelId = payload.channelId;

      var url = "https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?key=" + apiKey + "&channelId=" + channelId + "&part=snippet,id&order=date&maxResults=10";

      https.get(url, function(res) {
        var body = "";

        res.on("data", function(chunk) {
          body += chunk;
        });

        res.on("end", function() {
          var response = JSON.parse(body);
          var titles = [];

          for (var i = 0; i < response.items.length; i++) {
            titles.push(response.items[i].snippet.title);
          }

          // Send the video titles back to the module.
          this.sendSocketNotification("VIDEO_TITLES", { titles: titles });
        }.bind(this));
      }.bind(this)).on("error", function(error) {
        console.log("Error: " + error.message);
      });
    }
  }
});

[sdmydbr9]

@sdmydbr9
Module has been created and working version has been published in GitHub. Feel free to Check out

[mumblebaj]

@sdmydbr9 Awesome. Glad we could help