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    • J Offline
      joeytuck
      last edited by

      Hi everyone,

      I’m painfully new to any form of programming and could really use an assist on the proper way to install 3rd party modules on MagicMirror. I keep running into config.js issues on load up whenever I try to install a non factory module into the config.js file. I am trying to go by the instructions on github for mmm-traffic and to be honest I don’t even understand where or how to execute the files or where to do the npm install? Like I said, hardcore beginner. Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is a birthday present that I’m building and I’m already late with it.

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        Anhalter42
        last edited by

        Welcome joeytuck,

        1. did you get it to run without additional 3rd party modules?
        2. if yes, share your config.js so we can have a look at it
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        • brobergB Offline
          broberg Project Sponsor @joeytuck
          last edited by

          @joeytuck

          Okey first of, when in your terminal typ cd MagicMirror/modules/ this will get you directly to your modules folder.

          after that you should type git clone https://github.com/SamLewis0602/MMM-Traffic.git
          This command will create a new folder called MMM-Traffic and copy all files for the module.
          When that is done you typ
          cd MMM-Traffic to enter the MMM-Traffic folder.

          When you have done that and are in the folder you type npm install, this will install all dependencies, i e stuff that is needed for the traffic module to work.

          Then open your config.js file and find the last ]

          Before that ] you add

          {
          	module: 'MMM-Traffic',
          	position: 'top_left',
          	classes: 'dimmed medium', //optional, default is 'bright medium', only applies to commute info not route_name
          	config: {
          		api_key: 'your_apikey_here',
          		mode: 'driving',
          		origin: '4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001',
          		destination: '1 MetLife Stadium Dr, East Rutherford, NJ 07073',
          		arrival_time: '0800', //optional, but needs to be in 24 hour time if used.
          		route_name: 'Home to Work',
          		changeColor: true,
          		showGreen: false,
          		limitYellow: 5, //Greater than 5% of journey time due to traffic
          		limitRed: 20, //Greater than 20% of journey time due to traffic
          		traffic_model: 'pessimistic',
          		interval: 120000, //2 minutes
          		showWeekend: false,
          		allTime: false
          	}
          },
          

          Now you need to change the api key above where it says api_key: 'your_apikey_here',

          replace your_apikey_here with the needed api key and make sure not to remove the ' around the api key.

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          • J Offline
            joeytuck
            last edited by joeytuck

            Thank you for the replies. I did get Magic Mirror working for the initial setup prior to the 3rd party addition. I was missing the cd MMM-Traffic npm install portion. I did the npm install through Tools Open Folder in Terminal the first time. Not sure if that accomplishes the same goal? Itś still giving me the config.js error. Here is what I have for a config file with my personal info and API key copied and pasted directly from Google redacted.

            		module: "newsfeed",
            		position: "bottom_bar",
            		config: {
            			feeds: [
            				{
            					title: "New York Times",
            					url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
            				}
            			],
            			showSourceTitle: true,
            			showPublishDate: true
            		}
            	},
            
            {
            		module:´MMM-Traffic´,
            		position: ´bottom_right´
            		classes: ´dimmed medium´,
            		config:  {
            			api_key: ´
            

            ´,
            mode: ´driving´,
            origin: ´´,
            destination: ´´,
            arrival_time: ´´,
            route_name: ´Home to Work´,
            changeColor: true,
            showgreen: false,
            limitYellow: 5,
            limitRed: 20,
            traffic_model: ´pessimistic´,
            interval: 120000,
            showWeekend: true
            allTime: true
            }
            },
            ]

            };

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            • J Offline
              joeytuck
              last edited by

              		module: "newsfeed",
              		position: "bottom_bar",
              		config: {
              			feeds: [
              				{
              					title: "New York Times",
              					url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
              				}
              			],
              			showSourceTitle: true,
              			showPublishDate: true
              		}
              	},
              
              {
              		module:´MMM-Traffic´,
              		position: ´bottom_right´
              		classes: ´dimmed medium´,
              		config:  {
              			api_key: ´´,
              			mode: ´driving´,
              			origin: ´´,
              			destination: ´´,
              			arrival_time: ´´,
              			route_name: ´Home to Work´,
              			changeColor: true,
              			showgreen: false,
              			limitYellow: 5,
              			limitRed: 20,
              			traffic_model: ´pessimistic´,
              			interval: 120000, 
              			showWeekend: true
              			allTime: true
              

              }
              },
              ]

              };

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              • brobergB Offline
                broberg Project Sponsor @joeytuck
                last edited by

                @joeytuck

                you are missing a , after showWeekend: true,

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                • J Offline
                  joeytuck
                  last edited by

                  Good catch. I added the comma, saved the config file and tried pi@raspberrypi: ~/MagicMirror $ npm start To no avail. Do I need to do anything to the MMM-Traffic config.js file defaults?

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                  • brobergB Offline
                    broberg Project Sponsor @joeytuck
                    last edited by

                    @joeytuck there is also another comma missing after the position line

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                    • J Offline
                      joeytuck
                      last edited by

                      Added that comma as well and itś still failing. Hereś what Iḿ getting.

                      pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start

                      magicmirror@2.1.1 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
                      sh run-start.sh

                      Starting MagicMirror: v2.1.1
                      Loading config …
                      WARNING! Could not validate config file. Please correct syntax errors. Starting with default configuration.
                      Loading module helpers …
                      Initializing new module helper …
                      Module helper loaded: updatenotification
                      No helper found for module: helloworld.
                      All module helpers loaded.
                      Starting server on port 8080 …
                      Starting server op port 8080 …
                      Server started …
                      Connecting socket for: updatenotification
                      Sockets connected & modules started …
                      Launching application.

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                      • J Offline
                        joeytuck
                        last edited by

                        This has been kicking my butt for the last day and a half. Learning a lot during the beating though. Do I need to add ’ ’ around numeric values as well?

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