MMM-MealieMenu Fetch Error

WallysWellies

I shall try and remember to report back if it seems to have worked - if I do not then we can assume I am a happy customer.

Cheers for your time.

sdetweil

@WallysWellies remember that this is not an official change, so it could be lost.if you refresh the module

zanix

@sdetweil said in MMM-MealieMenu Fetch Error:

@WallysWellies I am a mealie user too.

code looks good. will have to setup and test.

it does get the data frequently
60 seconds by default…

I should probably set the default to something higher. I had it set to 60 seconds while I was developing it.

@sdetweil said in MMM-MealieMenu Fetch Error:

@WallysWellies ok… I’ll watch it running here at 15 min updates…

well, I found it…

in the node helper he sets a flag, to say request is active

if the flag is set when the request comes from the module side
he just returns… does nothing.

on error he does not clear the flag
(bad network, host, authorization… places where there is no recovery
those make sense…)
      .catch((error) => {   //<--- had and error here ... 
        this.sendSocketNotification("MEALIE_ERROR", {
          error: "FETCH_ERROR",
          details: error,
          identifier: config.identifier
        });
      })
      .finally(() => {
        this.outstandingRequest = false;   // < --- only clears flag on success
      });
one could examine the error and reset if its a potentially recoverable error…

I thought finally() runs even after a catch(), dangit.

@WallysWellies said in MMM-MealieMenu Fetch Error:

@sdetweil I’m looking at the node_helper.js file and reading your comments and I’m a little unsure what you are suggesting.

Are you saying I could edit this code block:
.catch((error) => {
        this.sendSocketNotification("MEALIE_ERROR", {
          error: "FETCH_ERROR",
          details: error,
          identifier: config.identifier
        });
      })
to this:
.catch((error) => {
        this.outstandingRequest = false; 
        this.sendSocketNotification("MEALIE_ERROR", {
          error: "FETCH_ERROR",
          details: error,
          identifier: config.identifier
        });
      })
?

Sorry, I can fumble my way around code but I’m far from a programmer!

I will get this fix added and set the default updateInterval to something a bit more sane soon. Thanks to all for troubleshooting!

WallysWellies

@zanix Thanks for your input :)

I made the change after posting and it certainly doesn’t break anything but I have been playing with some other modules too so have restarted the software several times meaning I haven’t given it a chance to error but based on my understanding it probably shouldn’t anymore. I don’t know why it was in the first place though - the Mealie container is on the Pi so it’s using localhost to retrieve data. Who knows.

I did make one other change because I wanted to see the next week of meals, rather than the remaining meals this week. So I changed this line:

const startOfWeek = this.getFirstDayOfWeek(config.weekStartsOnMonday);

to this:

const startOfWeek = moment();

It’s pretty crude but if you’re taking suggestions it might be nice to have the option to show x number of days in the future rather than until the end of the week. I don’t believe that’s currently possible natively?

Thanks for the module though, it’s great!

zanix

@WallysWellies said in MMM-MealieMenu Fetch Error:

@zanix Thanks for your input :)

I made the change after posting and it certainly doesn’t break anything but I have been playing with some other modules too so have restarted the software several times meaning I haven’t given it a chance to error but based on my understanding it probably shouldn’t anymore. I don’t know why it was in the first place though - the Mealie container is on the Pi so it’s using localhost to retrieve data. Who knows.

Hopefully that fixes the issue, let me know otherwise.

I did make one other change because I wanted to see the next week of meals, rather than the remaining meals this week. So I changed this line:
const startOfWeek = this.getFirstDayOfWeek(config.weekStartsOnMonday);
to this:
const startOfWeek = moment();
It’s pretty crude but if you’re taking suggestions it might be nice to have the option to show x number of days in the future rather than until the end of the week. I don’t believe that’s currently possible natively?

Before now no, but I did just add the fetch fix, updateInterval default to 1 hour, and some additional meal entry options in version 1.5.0.

The options are:

currentWeek: Only show meals for the current week.
dayLimit: How many days will be displayed after today.
entryLimit: How many entries from future days should be shown in total.

Now you can just set currentWeek to false to get the same effect.

Thanks for the module though, it’s great!

I appreciate that, glad it’s useful!

WallysWellies

@zanix The mealie module has been in an error since yesterday and I wonder if you might be able to help me troubleshoot?

I have run the following command:

tail -100 .pm2/logs/mm-error.log

And at the end I see the following:

[2024-05-31 16:47:51.577] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-05-31 17:47:51.580] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-05-31 18:47:51.581] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-05-31 19:47:51.590] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-05-31 20:47:51.571] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-05-31 21:47:51.575] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-05-31 22:47:51.582] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-05-31 23:47:51.574] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-06-01 00:47:51.604] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-06-01 01:47:51.601] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-06-01 02:47:51.576] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-06-01 03:47:51.576] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-06-01 04:47:51.577] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-06-01 05:47:51.575] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-06-01 06:47:51.580] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-06-01 07:47:51.571] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-06-01 08:47:51.577] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-06-01 09:47:51.572] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-06-01 10:47:51.577] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-06-01 11:47:51.576] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-06-01 12:47:51.568] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"
[2024-06-01 13:47:51.580] [ERROR] [MMM-MealieMenu] Fetch error: "Unauthorized"

I have confirmed that the correct username / password is in my config.js file (and it has worked previously) - I can login via my laptop using http://raspberrypi:9925/ using these credentials.

The config.js file is using the following line for the connection:

host: "http://localhost:9925"

I use browser / terminal / SSH etc. to access the Pi but if necessary I can connect a keyboard / mouse if that would aid in narrowing down the issue.

Do you have any thoughts? I can probably just restart the mirror service but I haven’t yet in case that deletes any valuable information. Any advice would be appreciated.

WallysWellies

I have found the part of Mealie that allows creation of an API key so I could switch to that method for authentication.
I also see I am a couple of versions behind the Mealie master branch (I use version 1.5.1 - current version is 1.7.0). That looks drastic but it’s only 2 releases behind.

I don’t think either of these things are causing my issue necessarily but it’s a couple of things I can change soon.

sdetweil

@WallysWellies are you using watchtower to keep. your containers up to date?

WallysWellies

@sdetweil Mealie is the first time I’ve used docker so it’s totally manual. I’ve never tried to update it - it was setup within the last couple of months.

I was planning to do the update based on the Mealie docs but I could look into watchtower.

sdetweil

@WallysWellies i have watchtower maintain all my docker stacks

WallysWellies

@sdetweil I’ll look into it, thanks.

zanix

I normally use an API key but I just tried my username/password and it worked. I’m on Mealie 1.7.0.
Go ahead and restart MM and see if that works.

Are you on the latest MMM-MealieMenu (1.5.0)? I added an additional log when the auth token fetch fails.

zanix

I just realized this error occurs when the meal plan is fetched. I wonder if the auth token is expiring.

WallysWellies

@zanix Restarting the MM service fixed the issue with no additional steps so it may well be an expiring token or something.

I have updated the Mealie container so I am now on v1.7.0 and switched to using the API key for auth. I have also checked and I am using the current version of your module, v1.5.0.

I’ll report back if anything interesting happens. Thanks again for your advice.

zanix

@WallysWellies Thanks!
I think the token does expire. I just checked the token on my instance and it expires 1 month from now.
I will work on fixing that soon.

zanix

@WallysWellies I just updated the module to account for token expiration.
It took me a bit to test since I needed to let the token expire to make sure it worked.

WallysWellies

@zanix that’s dedication, thanks!

I see the update notification so I’ll get it updated tonight. Cheers.

WallysWellies

@zanix Hi Zanix. Just updated the module and all meal entries now seem to use the default image. I updated the docker image in case that was the problem but they’re all still showing the default orange image.

Possible bug introduced in the latest release?

WallysWellies

@zanix Sorry, ignore me - it seems to only be using default images on my laptop. On the actual screen it’s showing the images. Maybe it’s something to do with resolution or something. Apologies.

zanix

@WallysWellies I opened MM on my desktop (MM runs on a Pi5) and I can see the meal images.
The default image only displays when the meal image cannot load. Maybe the URL of the images isn’t accessible on your laptop?