Need more compliments? compliments.json

amanzimdwini

@ryck
I was wondering how I can just link to a LOCAL file (instead of your github): I’d like to change the contents.
(Yes, I could copy to my OWN github and modify, but that seems a bit wierd).
I have to date failed with

remoteFile: "~\MagicMirror\config\compliments.json"

where I had copied your file to.

What am I missing?
Thanks
Karl

ryck

@amanzimdwini I always use it locally, github is just a place for sharing it, so you are doing the right thing. You can always fork it to keep your personal compliments safe, but that’s up to you.

To use it, copy the file to somewhere (ie, in the compliments module folder: modules/default/compliments/compliments.js) and use it in your config like this:

    {
      module: "compliments",
      position: "bottom_bar",
      disabled: false,
      config: {
        remoteFile: "compliments.json",
        updateInterval: 10000,
        classes: "thin bright medium",
        fadeSpeed: 2000,
      },
    },

Good luck!

pastormingle

@ryck Do you know if compliments can be set to fit a grid? I have it at the top right about my todo list and when it rotates it causes the todo to also change in size?

amanzimdwini

@ryck
I am struggling with this… why am I dense?

IF I use

remoteFile="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ryck/..."

(ie just pointing at YOUR file online), THEN things work. (but this is what I did not like in the first post of mine)

IF I copy your compliments.json into ~/MagicMirror/modules/default/compliments/compliments.json
like I read your response, and use

remoteFile="compliments.json"

THEN all I get are the “original” compliments.

IF I replace (ouch!) the original compliments.js (your response could be read to imply that) with your compliments.json and use

remoteFile="compliments.json"

THEN I get no compliments at all (but at least no warnings either: that’s impressive).

Right now, if I want to add my own compliments, all I can do use approach (1), but place your compliments.json into my own git, edit and point to that. Which seems awkward…

Any help would be appreciated.

sdetweil

@amanzimdwini the FILE, remote or local must be

{
           "name":[" list of strings for name" ],
            "name2": [ ]
}

test that it is a valid JSON file using one of the online validators

and name can be one of morning, afternoon, evening and anytime.

and a cron time value

amanzimdwini

@sdetweil
HERE is my config:

{
        module: "compliments",
        position: "lower_third",
        config: {
                remoteFile: "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ryck/e28a69665b8839f6e9a7acd6b4acc97d/raw/be1dee8f805a433f6ee0fa3556d1927da14e7799/compliments.json",
//              remoteFile: "compliments.json",
//              remoteFile: "~/MagicMirror/modules/default/compliments/compliments.json",
                },
},

All I do is un-comment the remoteFile lines one at a time to test -
and the lower two remoteFiles (that are commented out) DO NOT WORK even though the compliments.json file is the one I copied from Git…

I only want one (local) file; I’m not sure what I am doing wrong.

Thanks,
Karl

sdetweil

@amanzimdwini when I do
the second one, “compliments.json”
(without a file)

I see error in console

 http://0.0.0.0:8090/modules/default/compliments/compliments.json 404 (Not Found)

if the file is empty I see

VM143:1 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at compliments.js:44
    at XMLHttpRequest.xobj.onreadystatechange (compliments.js:131)

if I have a syntax error in the file contents I see

VM298:3 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected string in JSON at position 42
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at compliments.js:44
    at XMLHttpRequest.xobj.onreadystatechange (compliments.js:131)

if the file contains this content (changed from default text to insure it works)

{
			"anytime": ["Hey there sexy!"],
			"morning": ["Good morning, handsome!", "Enjoy your day!", "How was your sleep?"],
			"afternoon": ["Hello, you beauty!", "You look sexy!", "Looking good today!"],
			"evening": ["Wow, you look hot!", "You look nice!", "Hi, sexy!"],
			"....-01-01": ["Happy new year!"]
		}

I see displayed

               Hello, you beauty!

amanzimdwini

@sdetweil
YUP - YOUR file works.
And NOW the copied on from Git to my local directory works too…

Oh well, I guess my MM just needed to know some master was watching it!

Thanks for all the help,
Karl

APKMILY

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