MMM-Flights does not work

Mats

This is the error I see in the log after installing and restarting MagicMirror:

0|mm | [13.10.2023 19:35.37.312] [ERROR] MMM-Flights: unknown error getting data SyntaxError: Unexpected token ‘:’

I use the proposed minimal config setup in config.js

{
      module: "MMM-Flights",
      position: "top_left",
      config: {
        laMin: 50.0,
        laMax: 50.21,
        loMin: 8.4,
        loMax: 8.8,
      },
    },

karsten13

@Mats

can confirm this error, will try to fix it later

karsten13

@Mats

the problem is caused by changes on the flightradar side, I already opened an issue: https://github.com/derhuerst/flightradar24-client/issues/36

A quick and dirty fix would be to go into the module folder (from mm folder) with cd modules/MMM-Flights and then edit the followoing file e.g. with nano nano node_modules/flightradar24-client/lib/radar.js and replace the line at the beginning of the file

const endpoint = 'https://data-live.flightradar24.com/zones/fcgi/feed.js'

with

const endpoint = 'https://data-cloud.flightradar24.com/zones/fcgi/feed.js'

Other possibilities:

wait for a fix
you can use another provider in MMM-Flights

Mats

@karsten13

That has worked - thank you!

karsten13

@Mats

issue was fixed upstream so I released a new (fixed) version

james3xyx3

@karsten13 sorry to jump on this thread with my query, hope you can advise. I added Flights module just now and love it. Only thing is I don’t understand fully the coordinates. If I enter the coordinates of my area and duplicate for min and max it produces a fairly small map of my area. When I try and add a min and max value of areas close to me it defaults to a world map! Can you advise as to what I may be doing wrong? I appreciate this may be difficult without knowing the exact coordinates I am entering.

karsten13

@james3xyx3

maybe better explained with

laMax: Northern edge latitude
laMin: Southern edge latitude
loMin: Western edge longitude
loMax: Eastern edge longitude

james3xyx3

@karsten13 That makes much more sense to me now. Will try it tomorrow. Thanks for the quick reply and support, much appreciated.