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    • J Offline
      jimb
      last edited by

      Sam, I tried to do the Ctrl-Shift_i keypress in the browser, but nothing happened. Do I need to do this at a certain point in time or from a certain place. The reason is because I’m still getting the 401-unauthorized messages if I perform the npm start dev process during application start.

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        sdetweil @jimb
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        @jimb weird… always works for me.

        I meant to test w my apikeys today.

        will get to it

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          sdetweil @jimb
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          @jimb well, I used your exact weather config, and used my openweather api key , and it worked perfectly

          Screenshot 2023-12-04 8.45.24 PM.png

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            sdetweil @jimb
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            @jimb and you’ve got some stuff out of position

            this is the more correct layout

                            {                       
                                    module: "weather",
                                  position: "top_right",
                                   config:{
                                       units: "imperial",
                                       windUnits: "imperial",
                                       tempUnits: "imperial",
                                       showPeriodUpper: "true",
                                       appendLocationNameToHeader: "true",
                                       colored: "true",
                    //              position: "top_right",
                    //              config: {
                                            apiVersion:"3.0",
                                            weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
                                            weatherEndpoint:"/onecall",
                                            lat: "29.8155405", //"33.50872",
                                            lon: "-96.0607878", //"-96.61",
                                            type: "current",
                                            //location: "Houston",
                                            //locationID: "4699066", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and fi>
                                            apiKey:""
                                    }
                            },
              GNU nano 6.2                                                       config/config.js                                                                
                            {
                                    module: "weather",
                                    position:"top_right",
                                    header: "Weather Forecast",
                                    config:{
                                        units: "imperial",
                                       winUnits: "imperial",
                                       tempUnits: "imperial",
                                      showPeriodUpper: "true",
                                      appendLocationNaneToHeader: "true",
                                      colored: "true",
                                    //position: "top_right",
                                    //header: "Weather Forecast",
                                    //config: {
                                            apiVersion:"3.0",
                                            weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
                                            weatherEndpoint:"/onecall",
                                            lat: "33.50872",
                                            lon:"-96.612213",       
                                            type: "forecast",
                                            //location: "Houston",
                                            //locationID: "4699066", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and fi>
                                                    apiKey:"// "
                                    }
                            }, 
            

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              jimb
              last edited by

              Sam, that’s helpful, thanks! The items out of alignment happened when I deleted some of my apiKey. The original is perfectly straight. Since it worked with your Key, a couple of questions.

              1. Does your Key have 28 digits?
              2. Can you answer my question concerning the Ctrl-Shift-i keys to display the browser data. Can I stop the MM app and load the browser, or…
                JimB
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                sdetweil @jimb
                last edited by sdetweil

                @jimb my apikey has 33 characters

                it is the default key in openweather (I have multiple)

                i just brought up MM, and used my chromebook to bring up the page… and then ctrl-shift-i (letter sounds like eye) all at once, opened the dev window

                you can do those three keys on any webpage, its a toggle… on/off

                using normal chrome, you can use the 3 dot menu to get there too
                Screenshot 2023-12-05 12.51.15 PM.png

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                  jimb
                  last edited by

                  Sam, why is it always the simple things :-)
                  I found a simple link that allowed me to test the openweather api link:
                  http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast?id=524901&appid={API Key}
                  I saw the 2.5 and changed it to 3.0 and got a 401 error. I changed it back to 2.5 and it worked. I tried commenting out the 3.0 & /onecall items in config.js and got a “config.js not found” error when running MM. I had used (/*) in the leftmost column as a ‘ignore line’ comment. So, I deleted the 4 lines from config.js and it worked fine except for a teensy error “displaying Howe instead of Houston” in the display. I have no idea where that came from. I wonder why the fourth largest city in the US isn’t listed in the pull-down menu?

                  IMG_2036.jpg

                  Now, I’m going to see if I can add additional modules.
                  Thanks for your very patient help!!

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                    sdetweil @jimb
                    last edited by

                    @jimb awesome… making progress!!!

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                      BKeyport Module Developer @jimb
                      last edited by

                      @jimb it’s always the simplest solution… ALWAYS.

                      The "E" in "Javascript" stands for "Easy"

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                        jimb
                        last edited by

                        Sam, into the weeds once again :-)

                        I read the readme and comments on your MMM-Config module. I was stumped immediately by your comment: “clone this repo” into the config directory. I’m assuming this this is done via WinSCP remotely into the Pi, but have no clue. Some more Linux…

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                          sdetweil @jimb
                          last edited by sdetweil

                          @jimb hm… I don’t see those words
                          Screenshot_20231207_143507_Chrome.jpg

                          git clone is done via command line

                          ALL commands are done via command line

                          command line is terminal or ssh terminal window

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                            jimb
                            last edited by

                            Sam, sorry to be so dense. You mention the ‘git clone’ command. Is that how ‘all’ your files are moved into the MagicMirror/Moddules directory? I’ll hunt around for the proper usage. It’s a little confusing using commands from the computer though. Please keep im mind this is all new to me, thanks

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                              sdetweil @jimb
                              last edited by

                              @jimb please read this
                              https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4528/how-to-create-a-working-config-for-absolute-beginners

                              I didn’t write it

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                                jimb
                                last edited by sdetweil

                                Sam, I read your comments, thanks! I have git-cloned the files into the modules sub-directory. I modified the config.js to include the lines of code you listed. Somehow I’ve blown up the file. Running in dev mode it says “unexpected (:)” is in line 58. I’ve gone over the code and don’t see the issue. Here is my config file-

                                /*
                                * MagicMirror² Config Sample
                                 *
                                 * By Michael Teeuw https://michaelteeuw.nl
                                 * MIT Licensed.
                                 *
                                 * For more information on how you can configure this file
                                 * see https://docs.magicmirror.builders/configuration/introduction.html
                                 * and https://docs.magicmirror.builders/modules/configuration.html
                                 *
                                 * You can use environment variables using a `config.js.template` file instead of `config.js`
                                 * which will be converted to `config.js` while starting. For more information
                                 * see https://docs.magicmirror.builders/configuration/introduction.html#enviromnent-variables
                                 */
                                let config = {
                                	address: "localhost",	// Address to listen on, can be:
                                							// - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
                                							// - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
                                							// - "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
                                							// Default, when address config is left out or empty, is "localhost"
                                	port: 8080,
                                	basePath: "/",			// The URL path where MagicMirror² is hosted. If you are using a Reverse proxy
                                					  		// you must set the sub path here. basePath must end with a /
                                	ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"],	// Set [] to allow all IP addresses
                                							// or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
                                							// ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
                                							// or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
                                							// ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],
                                
                                	useHttps: false, 	// Support HTTPS or not, default "false" will use HTTP
                                	httpsPrivateKey: "", 	// HTTPS private key path, only require when useHttps is true
                                	httpsCertificate: "", 	// HTTPS Certificate path, only require when useHttps is true
                                
                                	language: "en",
                                	locale: "en-US",
                                	logLevel: ["INFO", "LOG", "WARN", "ERROR"], // Add "DEBUG" for even more logging
                                	timeFormat: 12,
                                	units: "imperial",
                                
                                	modules: [
                                		{
                                			module: "alert",
                                		},
                                		{
                                			module: "updatenotification",
                                			position: "top_bar"
                                		},
                                		{
                                			module: "MMM-Config",
                                			position: "top_right",		//the QR code (if requested) will appear here
                                			config:{
                                		},
                                			module: "clock",
                                			timezone: "America/Chicago",
                                			showPeriodUpper: "true",
                                			showDate: "true",
                                			position: "top_left",
                                		},
                                			module: "calendar",
                                			header: "US Holidays",
                                			position: "top_left",
                                			config: {
                                				calendars: [
                                					{
                                						fetchInterval: 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
                                						symbol: "calendar-check",
                                						url: "https://ics.calendarlabs.com/76/mm3137/US_Holidays.ics"
                                					}
                                				]
                                			}
                                		},
                                		{
                                			module: "compliments",
                                			position: "lower_third"
                                		},
                                		{			
                                			module: "weather",
                                			units: "imperial",
                                			windUnits: "imperial",
                                			tempUnits: "imperial",
                                			appendLocationNameToHeader: "true",
                                			showPeriodUpper: "true",
                                			colored: "true",
                                			position: "top_right",
                                			header: "Current Weather",
                                			config: {
                                				weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
                                				lat: "29.763281",
                                				lon: "-95.363274",
                                				type: "current",
                                				location: "Houston",
                                				locationID: "4699066", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
                                				apiKey: "8eca2aec0c123ce212",
                                			}
                                		},
                                		{
                                			module: "weather",
                                			units: "imperial",
                                			winUnits: "imperial",
                                			tempUnits: "imperial",
                                			appendLocationNameToHeader: "true",
                                			showPeriodUpper: "true",
                                			colored: "true",
                                			position: "top_right",
                                			header: "Weather Forecast",
                                			config: {
                                 				weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
                                				lat: "29.763281",
                                 				lon:"-95.363274",	
                                 				type: "forecast",
                                     				location: "Houston",
                                				locationID: "4699066", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
                                				apiKey: "8eca2aecb123ce212",
                                			}
                                		},
                                		{
                                			module: "newsfeed",
                                			position: "bottom_bar",
                                			config: {
                                				feeds: [
                                					{
                                				title: "New York Times",
                                					url: "https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
                                					}
                                				],
                                				showSourceTitle: true,
                                				showPublishDate: true,
                                				broadcastNewsFeeds: true,
                                				broadcastNewsUpdates: true
                                			}
                                		},
                                	]
                                };
                                
                                /*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
                                if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}
                                
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                                  sdetweil @jimb
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                                  @jimb you are still not using the code block , which makes this hard to read…

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                                    sdetweil @jimb
                                    last edited by sdetweil

                                    @jimb said in Modifying the Config File:

                                      {
                                      	module: "MMM-Config",
                                      	position: "top_right",		//the QR code (if requested) will appear here
                                      	config:{
                                      },
                                    

                                    you obviously didn’t copy everything

                                    the syntax requires every { to have a matching }
                                    and every [ and matching ]
                                    and every " a matching "

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                                      jimb
                                      last edited by

                                      Sam, Guess who? I got the Config.js straightened out and MM was starting fine. This was with the MMM-Config text added to the file.

                                      The I attempted to follow the steps to add the module code to the module sub-folder.

                                      1. Clicked on the green button in your instructions and pasted the link into the terminal prefaced by ‘git clone’. It ‘cloned’ into the modules directory without errors.
                                      2. I ran ‘MPM install’ and it executed without errors
                                      3. From the terminal I started MM, by executing NPM Start.
                                      4. It started loading, but had errors then stopped.
                                      5. I was unable to copy text of the loading (w/errors) because the terminal times out.
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                                        sdetweil @jimb
                                        last edited by sdetweil

                                        @jimb

                                        1. npm install, all lower case
                                        2. in the mm folder?, all lower case
                                        3. maybe a picture?
                                        4. don’t understand this, what terminal window

                                        mm will always start, even to put up a dumb message. ctrl-c to stop it

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                                          jimb
                                          last edited by

                                          Sam, I was able to grab the text from the terminal running on my computer- this was after starting MM

                                          /home/rutspi/MagicMirror$ npm start

                                          magicmirror@2.25.0 start
                                          DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

                                          [11.12.2023 19:08.13.289] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.25.0
                                          [11.12.2023 19:08.13.298] [LOG] Loading config …
                                          [11.12.2023 19:08.13.303] [DEBUG] config template file not exists, no envsubst
                                          [11.12.2023 19:08.13.308] [LOG] Loading module helpers …
                                          [11.12.2023 19:08.13.311] [LOG] No helper found for module: alert.
                                          [11.12.2023 19:08.13.338] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
                                          [11.12.2023 19:08.13.339] [LOG] Module helper loaded: updatenotification
                                          [11.12.2023 19:08.13.352] [ERROR] (node:1623) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Cannot find module ‘deep-object-diff’
                                          Require stack:

                                          • /home/rutspi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config/node_helper.js
                                          • /home/rutspi/MagicMirror/js/app.js
                                          • /home/rutspi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js
                                          • /home/rutspi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js
                                          • at node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1084:15
                                            at Function. (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:117576)
                                            at Module._resolveFilename (/home/rutspi/MagicMirror/node_modules/module-alias/index.js:49:29)
                                            at node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:929:27
                                            at Function._load (node:electron/js2c/asar_bundle:2:13327)
                                            at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1150:19)
                                            at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:110:18)
                                            at Object. (/home/rutspi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config/node_helper.js:10:14)
                                            at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1271:14)
                                            at Object…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1326:10)
                                            at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1126:32)
                                            at node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:967:12
                                            at Function._load (node:electron/js2c/asar_bundle:2:13327)
                                            at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1150:19)
                                            at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:110:18)
                                            at loadModule (/home/rutspi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:180:19)
                                            (Use electron --trace-warnings ... to show where the warning was created)
                                            [11.12.2023 19:08.13.353] [ERROR] (node:1623) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag --unhandled-rejections=strict (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 1)
                                          [1623:1211/190814.008170:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(590)] Failed to call
                                          ``` method: org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.Read: object_path= /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop was not provided by any .service files
                                          MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
                                          MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
                                          MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
                                          MESA-LOADER: failed to open kms_swrast: /usr/lib/dri/kms_swrast_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied (search paths /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/dri:\$${ORIGIN}/dri:/usr/lib/dri)
                                          failed to load driver: kms_swrast
                                          MESA-LOADER: failed to open swrast: /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied (search paths /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/dri:\$${ORIGIN}/dri:/usr/lib/dri)
                                          failed to load swrast driver
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                                            sdetweil @jimb
                                            last edited by sdetweil

                                            @jimb said in Modifying the Config File:

                                            Cannot find module ‘deep-object-diff’

                                            yeh, you missed a step

                                            Clone this repo into ~/MagicMirror/modules directory.
                                            
                                            cd MMM-Config    <---- this one
                                            
                                            npm install
                                            

                                            I’ve updated the install steps

                                            1. cd ~/MagicMirror/modules
                                            
                                            2. git clone https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Config
                                            
                                            3. cd MMM-Config
                                            
                                            4. npm install
                                            

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