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    Need more compliments? compliments.json

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      sdetweil @amanzimdwini
      last edited by 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

      Sam

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        amanzimdwini @sdetweil
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        @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

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          sdetweil @amanzimdwini
          last edited by

          @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!
          

          Sam

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            amanzimdwini @sdetweil
            last edited by

            @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

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