MMM-BMW-OW API Issues

philie

Hi All
My MMM-BMW.OW module does not get past “OpenWeather data…” when loading. I have configured everything as specified in the module’s readme. Troubleshooting on my part has revealed that the API endpoint at openweathermap.org may have changed.
The endpoint should be as follows: api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?id=524901&appid=YOUR_API_KEY

The API can therefore also be called up in a browser: http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?id=524901&lat=46.9481&lon=7.4474&units=metric&appid=YOUR_API_KEY

However, in the node_helper.js script of the module, the API is specified as follows: https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/onecall?lat= + config.

I call up this endpoint in a browser: https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/onecall?lat=46.9481&lon=7.4474&units=metric&appid=YOUR_API_KEY

a 401 is returned.

but the module does not run even if I replace the presumably broken endpoint in node_helper.js.

Does anyone have more detailed information?
Many thanks in advance
philie

sdetweil

@philie said in MMM-BMW-OW API Issues:

Cannot find module ‘request’

yes…

starting 2 years ago we have been removing no longer supported, or needed libraries
see https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/15778/fix-for-black-screen-in-2-16-and-later

this documents the procedure for finding the missing library name and installing it in the module folder…

many module authors didn’t know how to document dependencies, and well, it just worked…
lots of modules haven’t been updated in a while, SO… we users ge to do the update OVER AND OVER…

there are 8 missing libraries now I think…

sdetweil

@philie the onecall api is now v3.0 only (with newly create api keys)

so change the URL to use 3.0 instead of 2.5

philie

@sdetweil thank you very much for your quick response sam!
I did therefore change the API in node_helper.js to

https://api.openweathermap.org/data/3.0/onecall?lat=

and registered a corresponding API key.
API key pasted in config/config.js:

{
                        disabled: false,
                        module: "MMM-BMW-OW",
                        position: "bottom_bar", // designed for bottom_bar(best) thirds should be good too
                        config: {
                                api: "e9e02edummy/dummy/dummy/dummy0864", // Get at https://openweathermap.org/price
                                ownTitle: "Current Conditions",
                                lat: '43.574794', // Your latitude
                                lon: '-77.112454', // Your longitude
                                css: "2", // 1-6
                                playSounds: "no",
                                useHeader: false, // true if you want a header
                                header: "Your header",
                                maxWidth: "100%",
                                updateInterval: 5 * 60 * 1000,
                        }

Like before, in a browser its working but unfortunately not in the module.
I’ve grepped over the magicmirror root directory for the API url to see if it’s referred elsewhere, but it seems not.

What do I miss?

sdetweil

@philie can u edit the node_helper,js and add on this litle bit of code

            if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
                var result = JSON.parse(body);
                //	console.log(body); // for checking
                this.sendSocketNotification('WEATHER_RESULT', result);
            } 
            else if(error){      // -------- add these 3 lines
                console.log("BMW-OW error = "+error.message)
            }

then restart MM and look at the output from npm start

philie

@sdetweil

root@magicmirror:/opt/magicmirror/modules# npm restart

> magicmirror@2.26.0 restart
> npm stop --if-present && npm start


> magicmirror@2.26.0 start
> DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

/opt/magicmirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libnss3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

This error did however already appear before the adjustement.
I’ve uncommented even

//	console.log(body); // for checking

-> no logline. Quiet odd…

sdetweil

@philie sudo apt install -y libnss3

is this a new MM install? did you install with my script or manually?

philie

@sdetweil
there have been many libraries missing.
its the server version as LXC Container for proxmox. https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/

I’ve deployed this for testing purposes. Guess I’m switching on propper Pi installation though!
Thank you very much for your help!

sdetweil

@philie but, if its the server version, you should be doing npm run server… server has no display… you will need to change the MM config to allow apps outside localhost(inside the lxc container) to connect to MM

then use a host browser to connect to http://container_ip_address:MM_port (8080 by default)

philie

@sdetweil ahh ok I didn’t know there is a difference to restart… :(

however now we’re talking:
I could figure out and fix the error in the node_helper.js. Now its working and this is the output:

root@magicmirror:/opt/magicmirror# npm run server

> magicmirror@2.26.0 server
> node ./serveronly

[03.01.2024 22:54.21.808] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.26.0
[03.01.2024 22:54.21.809] [LOG]   Loading config ...
[03.01.2024 22:54.21.809] [DEBUG] config template file not exists, no envsubst
[03.01.2024 22:54.21.810] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
[03.01.2024 22:54.21.811] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
[03.01.2024 22:54.21.814] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[03.01.2024 22:54.21.814] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[03.01.2024 22:54.21.814] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock.
[03.01.2024 22:54.21.858] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[03.01.2024 22:54.21.858] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: calendar
[03.01.2024 22:54.21.858] [LOG]   No helper found for module: MMM-AareGuru.
[03.01.2024 22:54.21.859] [ERROR] Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
[03.01.2024 22:54.21.861] [ERROR] Error: Cannot find module 'request'
Require stack:
- /opt/magicmirror/modules/MMM-BMW-OW/node_helper.js
- /opt/magicmirror/js/app.js
- /opt/magicmirror/serveronly/index.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1144:15)
    at Module._resolveFilename (/opt/magicmirror/node_modules/module-alias/index.js:49:29)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:985:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1235:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:176:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/opt/magicmirror/modules/MMM-BMW-OW/node_helper.js:9:17)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1376:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1435:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1207:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1023:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1235:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:176:18)
    at loadModule (/opt/magicmirror/js/app.js:181:19)
    at loadModules (/opt/magicmirror/js/app.js:211:10)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async App.start (/opt/magicmirror/js/app.js:259:3) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/opt/magicmirror/modules/MMM-BMW-OW/node_helper.js',
    '/opt/magicmirror/js/app.js',
    '/opt/magicmirror/serveronly/index.js'
  ]
}
[03.01.2024 22:54.21.861] [ERROR] MagicMirror² will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
[03.01.2024 22:54.21.861] [ERROR] If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues
root@magicmirror:/opt/magicmirror#

Still no functional MMM-BMW-OW though.

sdetweil