MMM-iFrame-Ping

AgP42

@rudibarani
Hello,
I guess I managed what you asked, could you please test it before I release it ?
This new version is here : https://github.com/AgP42/MMM-iFrame-Ping/tree/dev
Only the file MMM-iFrame-Ping.js has been modified, so you can copy/paste it on your MM directly and restart your MM.

Then to allow URL modification through Remote-Control you can use the following request :

http://192.168.xx.xx:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION&notification=iFrame_Ping_URL&payload={%22url%22:%22https://magicmirror.builders/%22}

or

http://192.168.xx.xx:8080/remote?action=NOTIFICATION&notification=iFrame_Ping_URL&payload={%22url%22:%22https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qwc2Eq6YXTQ?autoplay=1%22}

(edit : the forum text editor seams not to like my link : this strange symbol “&not” has to be remplaced by “& not” (without the space…))
(edit2 : the “%22” is the URL-encoded form of the symbol ". You can also try directly with ", and if it is not working try with %22 instead)

It’s a cool new functionality ! :smiling_face:

rudibarani

Dear AgP42,

thank you so much for considering this and spending the time to make it happen. I am traveling at the moment but am looking forward to testing it when I get back home.

Have a nice weekend!

AgP42

@rudibarani
Thanks and you are welcome, it’s a pleasure to see that my work is useful and appreciated :-)

I did a little bit more debugging and I also to try to change the URL through a rotating button or through the scheduler and I found some issues on the code I sent you for testing.
Next week I am also traveling but as soon it look like acceptable I will send the new version.

This functionality to be able to change dynamically the URL will really make this module much more interesting than the actual version !
Every module will be able to send a notification to change the url, so many many new possibilities ! :relieved_face:

Horge

@agp42 Hi AgP42, your idea to duplicate the PlugIn doesn’t work for me. I made the adjustments as described, but I only see one iFrame at a time. Sometimes the initial display shows the iFrame of the second instance in the first instance. After a few seconds the content is displayed correctly for the second instance. The first instance remains empty.
If I have understood and researched this correctly so far, there are problems to differentiate between the two instances when displaying the ‘Payload’.
Do I have to make further changes to the second instance?

bolish

@AgP42
Hi, Thanks for the work, good module.
Would it be possible to update the module by adding notification mgt to move to next url, .ie :

upon “IFRAMEPING_NEXT_URL” : display the next url of the list
Same with previous
Add Start / Pause option through notification also.

I’m using MMM-GroveGestures and would like to be able to switch from URL1 to URL2 with gestures.

Regards

rudibarani

Dear @agp42,
I am finally getting back at my mirror and get some time to incorporate your updated module. Thanks again for making dynamic URLs possible!

Would you mind changing this.urlToDisplay = payload.url; to this.urlToDisplay = payload; in your code? Thus, one could send a plain url as payload without the need to process it to be in the format{"url":"http://..."}.
This would make things easier and as the payload will only contain a URL if the notification is iFrame_Ping_URL, this should not cause any problems with other possible content.

AgP42

@rudibarani
Hello rudibarani,

in fact it was my first try (as it is easier…) but I couldn’t succed to make it work and adding this “url”: is the only way I have found to make it work…
Did you try to change the code and it was ok ?

I do my best to find some hours this week end to finally debug my code and be able to release that new version !

On the next version it will be possible to send a new url through http request, but also with the module scheduler or with a rotating button

AgP42

@bolish
Hello Bolish,

thanks and happy to see that my module is useful,

I didn’t know the module MMM-GroveGestures so far but I check its documentation and it will be possible on the next version of the iFrame-Ping module to change the URL through the following code :

notificationExec: {
  notification: "iFrame_Ping_URL",
  payload: {
     url: "http:whaturlyoulike.com"
  }
}

But it will not be a list of URL to switch between each other, just one url linked to a movement.

I will investigate a bit more this week end…

bolish

Hi @AgP42 , @rudibarani

The modification you will implement for @rudibarani 's need will help me in one sense.
Indeed, MMM-GroveGestures is able to send wathever notification we want.
So, based on gestures, I will be able to send different URL’s.

It’s nevertheless, not covering fully my need as I was hoping for something incremental.
MMM-iFrame to manage the list of URL’s and able to move to next URL based on “URL NEXT” notification reception.

Maybe a combined proposal (that would make sense to me) would be :

Centralize URL management into MMM-iFrame with :
- URL 1 : htpps…
- URL 2 : hfkzejrhfzoer

This would allow :

any other modules to call for URL 1 or 2 and maybe suiting to @rudibarani
would to avoid people to manage the list of URL into several modules (keep it into MMM-iFrame)
enable the possibility to manage incremental notification mgt (my intial request : “NEXT URL” by managing a kind of counter into mmm-iFrame (to move from URL X to URL X+1 or URLX-1)

I hope it’s clear.

And I also don’t want to mess up with @rudibarani 's need which was expressed before…

So if my proposal (which seems more generic to me, so potentially opening larger possibilities in future for this module), suits to @rudibarani , fine.

But if my proposal is not suiting to @rudibarani 's need, go for him first maybe, I will try to adapt myself later.

Hope you will have time to dig in soon!

AgP42

Dear all,

so before to do a new release, let’s think a bit ! :thinking_face:

First, here is a summary of the request/question so far on this forum and on github issue about this module :

Major requests :

Be able to display several URL :
- to be launched randomly - @rudibarani, Gavin-McLeod (GitHub)
- to be able to launch the next one, previous one and play/pause through notification - @bolish
Request new URL to display through notification (and without url formating will be better) - @rudibarani
Be able to declare several instance of the module to display several different video on the same display - @Johans, @Horge, gpapig (github)

Minor requests :

remove iFrame border @rudibarani and @THeStigh (github) --> no problem to add a param
be able to scale the content Felisuk (github) --> complex and I don’t really want to spend time on it for now…

On a technical point of view, the most complicated part to manage several urls or instances is due to the fact that I use a “node_helper” to be able to manage asynchronous tasks to manage the ping functionality. And this node_helper has to be shared between all instances ; and as it is asynchronous, if a new url notifications arrives before the previous ping answer (or timeout), it causes url inversions…

I personally need that ping functionality because I use my module to display the image of a camera that is very oft down…(otherwise I wouldn’t have created this module ! :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye: ), but I guess that several of this module users don’t need it, right ? :question_mark:

=> So my proposal will be to keep this module as it is now (with small bug correction that I found anyway), and to create a new one dedicated to the dynamic url management and able to display several instances.

My proposal for this new module (this is a proposal, let’s see after what I can really do !) :

name : MMM-SmartWebDisplay (any other idea welcome ! I don’t want to keep iFrame on the name, nobody care of the technical mechanisms…)
new functions :
- several instances possibles, identifiable with a name to be able to send them dedicated notifications
- url to display sent through notification (to be able to send a list of URL will be best). This notification could be send :
  * by external http request, using MMM-RemoteControl. This will open a very big range of possibilities, as for example using IFTTT to change the content to display according to any trigger…
  * by MMM-ModuleScheduler (according date and time)
  * by rotating button module (or any other button module or PIR sensor)
  * in fact by any module able to send a notification to other modules !
- management of several url (given on the config file or received by a notification) :
  * possibility to define a timer to go to the next URL (if the URL is not a video it must be possible also to use the updateInterval time in addition)
  * possibility to use notification to request the following actions : NEXT or PREVIOUS url. As before this notification can be send by any module, as for example MMM-GroveGestures, but also any physical button or by an http request, …
- possibility to send notification to play/pause the rotation of URL and the intervalUpdate (to refresh images)
  question : for videos what should I do ? Just stop the rotation of URL or stop the playing video too ? It will be possible to stop them (in fact : change the URL to empty), but not to stop the image where it is and restart the video later, because I have no access to this YouTube (or other) embedded function…

To clarify : what extra infos to be display bellow the image ? If several URL I can consider to write the name of the next URL.

previous functions of iFrame-Ping that will remains :
- management of stop and restart according to USER_PRESENCE and module hidden (in fact it will be the same behavior than on reception of the notification “play”/“stop”)
previous functions that will be removed :
- PING before display…

This dream list seams to me very interesting ! Any other idea ?

Also now… : let’s sleep :sleeping_face: and tomorrow : let’s code !! :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat: