Modifying the Config File

jimb

Sam, thanks for your response. I thought the file may have been part of the installation. I’ll grab it, thanks

sdetweil

@jimb its not, because it changes all the time, and its not our info

jimb

Another question everything is displaying OK and working except the two weather feeds. Both indicate “Loading” and just sit there…

I researched the City, City ID, and obtained an API key from OpenWeather. Is there a way to run them separately on their own, or do I need to troubleshoot it?

Config:Check does not show any errors. Thanks

sdetweil

@jimb weather is done all in the browser, so open the browser developers window.

ctrl-shift-i on the browser keyboard, select the console tab and put weath in the filter field

show any errors… I suspect 401, not authorized.

you are using a v3 API key, so have to add the apiVersion:“3.0”
to the weather module config

jimb

Sorry, your reply is higher than my limited knowledge :
Do I have to enter some line(s) in the config file? I had no success with the browser instructions.

sdetweil

@jimb notjing in config.js. we are trying to look at the errors from the module

so you need to use the browser you are viewing mm with

three keys on the keyboard.
ctrl-shift-i

or npm start dev
to start mm with the dev window open

then select the console tab

UncleRoger

@jimb I will always defer to @sdetweil 's greater knowledge and intelligence but another option is (I hope, anyway, since it’s what I’m using) to use the latitude and longitude of your location. I have the weather module set up to show my wife’s school using the coordinates. (We are known for our microclimates here – her school 2 miles away may have completely different weather from what we have at home.)

To get the coordinates, I went to maps.google.com, clicked on a location, then copied the resulting URL. It should look like this:

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7761918,-122.4222641,16.25z?entry=ttu

The first number after the @ sign is the latitude; the second is the longitude. So you could put in your config file:

lat: 37.7761918,
lon: -122.4222641,

and it will show the weather for your location (or the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House in that example). This might be handy if you’re not near a city listed in the file.

UncleRoger

And now, having actually looked at the file in question, I see it includes latitude and longitude for each entry. Very cool.

jimb

Sam, some progress. Operating in “dev” mode I do show status 401 unauthorized . However I am unable to 'place the ‘V 3.0’ in a way/place where it is recognized correctly. I tried placing it on its own “3.0” “API id…” and inside the quote mark "3.0 API ID …

That gives me a syntax error and blows up the config file.

sdetweil

@jimb all the parms to a module go inside the modules
config:{} section

things to the left of : do not need quotes
things to the right of : do not need quotes if they are true/false, or a number

otherwise they need quotes. single or double doesn’t.mattet as long as both ends are the same.

also for each.parm you add, it needs to tell the interpreter if there is more after it. do this by adding a trailing comma

the apiVersion Parm

should look like this

{
   module:"weather",
   position mmmmm , 
    config:{
            apiVersion:3.0,
             whatever other parms
     }
}