MMM-Lunartic

Mykle1

@Fonfon said in MMM-Lunartic:

here is the perfect french translation.

Fixed, thank you!

git pull in the MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Lunartic folder for the corrected translation

Mykle1

@Fonfon said in MMM-Lunartic:

the text is not perfectly under the animated picture but a little on the left.

Mykle1

Update:

The API I was using for this module is no longer available. What was I to do?

Provide my own API. :^)

So, along with the new API, there is a new config option to view an image of the appearance of the current moon, updated minutely. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy. Salute!

Download:

[card:mykle1/MMM-Lunartic]

Version 1.0.2

Example

thetalentedfool

Noob questions!

When I pull the latest files, both the core .js files have Windows control characters in them. (I don’t think this is the source of my problems, but it seems maybe unintentional.)
My fresh stock MM install does not like the config files for this module. It’s the only custom module I’ve tried to add in this install. Whenever I add it to my main config, startup throws a config validation error and reverts to the default file. I’m having a hard time debugging it to provide a more precise error, since it’s just failing out at the initial validation stage. Any ideas how I can debug more precisely?

Thanks!

strawberry 3.141

@thetalentedfool you can put your config here so we can have a look

Mykle1

@thetalentedfool said in MMM-Lunartic:

I don’t think this is the source of my problems, but it seems maybe unintentional.)

It’s not, but thank you for bringing that to my attention.

The problem is/was completely my fault. In a recent update to the repo, specifically the README file, I failed to place a comma at the end of the image: "animation" line of the config entry. I’ve updated the repo and apologize for the error. Your config entry should now look like this:

{
        module: 'MMM-Lunartic',
        position: 'top_left',                   // Best in left, center, or right regions
        config: { 
		image: "animation",                     // animation, current or static
		distance: "miles",                      // miles or km
		useHeader: false,                       // true if you want a header
		header: "The Lunartic is in my head",   // Any text you want
		maxWidth: "300px",
		animationSpeed: 3000,                   // updated info fades in and out
        }
    },

If you have any further problems or questions, don’t hesitate to post for assistance. Thanks!

Peace

thetalentedfool

@Mykle1 D’oh! Can’t believe I missed that too - my kingdom for an actual helpful nodejs debug message with pointers to the offending line. Works great now. Thanks for the response!

Mykle1

@thetalentedfool

No, thank you. Just a stupid mistake on my part.

MM has a command that will check your config and point out the errors but that command escapes me. I’ll take a look for it. Otherwise, jshint.com and jslint.com are pretty useful when I remember to actually USE them. :-)

Cheers

Mykle1

@thetalentedfool

Found it! Here is the command that will check your config if you get that error at launch. I assume you need to run it in the MagicMirror directory
npm run config:check

Mykle1

@thetalentedfool

I removed the comma from the config and ran npm run config:check. The result would be enough to determine the cause.

daddle@daddle-Presario-CQ57-Notebook-PC:~/MagicMirror$ npm run config:check

> magicmirror@2.1.3 config:check /home/daddle/MagicMirror
> node tests/configs/check_config.js

Checking file...  /home/daddle/MagicMirror/config/config.js
Line 30 col 9 Expected '}' to match '{' from line 28 and instead saw 'distance'.
Line 30 col 17 Expected '}' to match '{' from line 25 and instead saw ':'.
Line 30 col 19 Expected ']' to match '[' from line 24 and instead saw 'miles'.
Line 35 col 6 Missing semicolon.
Line 35 col 5 Unrecoverable syntax error. (55% scanned).
daddle@daddle-Presario-CQ57-Notebook-PC:~/MagicMirror$

lavolp3

I’m astonished by the fact that “npm run config:check” seems to be so unknown in the community. It is a VERY important tool in my opinion.
Whenever there is something odd, always run this one first to check if the config is ok.
However, it took me about twenty lookups into the github readme to finally remember it correctly.

thetalentedfool

The terrible thing is that this command was exactly what I spent most of the afternoon yesterday looking for, and it’s apparently nowhere in the popular search results for debugging MM. (Git readme? Pffffft. Clearly my brain was not in a “RTactualFM” mood…lesson learned.) I’ll totally be preaching it now. Thanks for the info and demonstration!

Mykle1

@lavolp3 said in MMM-Lunartic:

I’m astonished by the fact that “npm run config:check” seems to be so unknown in the community. It is a VERY important tool in my opinion.

Well, it is a relatively new function, introduced in the last update to MM (I think). I had to look for the command because I don’t use it usually. However, I agree that it is a valuable tool

Mykle1

@thetalentedfool said in MMM-Lunartic:

it’s apparently nowhere in the popular search results for debugging MM.

I’ll write up a simple tutorial and post it so that it is easier to find using the forum search function.

lavolp3

Great idea Mykle1! Thanks in advance for the effort :-)

The function is not that new.
I’m using it for a few months now, I’d guess.

Mykle1

@lavolp3 said in MMM-Lunartic:

I’m using it for a few months now, I’d guess.

Ok, but it’s not available in MM version 2.1.1 or 2.1.2 (I think) so that would only make it available in the most recent version (2.1.3). I did say relatively new. :-)

Mykle1

@lavolp3 said in MMM-Lunartic:

Great idea Mykle1! Thanks in advance for the effort :-)

I promised a tutorial. :-)

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/5399/how-to-check-your-config-for-errors-for-absolute-beginners

Mykle1

Minor update

Fixed wording for phases of the moon.
Also, a not so hidden config option for image choice.

cd MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Lunartic
git pull

Or install as usual

Mykle1

German translation added

Thanks to our friend @tbbear, MMM-Lunartic now has German translation. And, when you choose German as your language, the date will be properly formatted for you. Again, thanks to @tbbear. Well done, Robert!

cd MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Lunartic
git pull

Or install as usual

Mykle1

It appears the API that I am using for this module has reached its limit for the month of November. I apologize for that. It’s actually my API being hosted by a free service herokuapp.com. The drawback is that it has such a low limitation. I’m not willing to pay for higher usage. So, as I see it, I have 2 options if I want to keep this module alive.

I have the PHP file that does the computations for the API. I’d be willing to host the API if someone would be willing to help me set it up locally and administer it. That doesn’t seem very likely but the offer stands.
I can look for another public API to use for the module. This is probably the more logical option but it’s not as cool as the first.

So, to those millions of MMM-Lunartic users, I will start looking for another API this very moment. In the meantime, the module will be functional again on December 1 when the current API resumes.