Sending notifications from python to MM

bream

Hi,

I have a touch phat that I’d like to use to interact with modules, but the libraries for it are python only.
That’s fine as I’m familiar with python, but I have no java script experience.
The interactions that I’m thinking of are similar to those of the MMM-ModuleScheduler, e.g. hiding and displaying etc.

I think my best bet is to make use of the notifications system and send post requests using the MMM-API module (though I’d be happy to receive other suggestions).

My problem is that I can’t figure out what the post request should look like.
The readme on the MMM-API gives this example :
http://MAGIC_MIRROR_IP:PORT/api/v1/modules/MODULE_NAME/ACTION?payload1key=payload1value&payload2key=payload2value
but I can’t figure out what the payloadxkey and payloadxvalues should be for, say, hiding or showing a module.
I’ve looked at js of the MMM-ModuleScheduler and the MMM-Remote-Control but I can’t figure it out.

Could someone provide me with example post request urls to hide and show the calendar module please, or suggest a better method please?

AxLed

@bream
Hi,
what are you trying to do with your buttons?

Here are some sample links for MMM-Remote-Control:

Change Pages (to use with MMM-Pages):
http://MAGIC_MIRROR_IP:PORT/remote?action=NOTIFICATION& notification=PAGE_DECREMENT
http://MAGIC_MIRROR_IP:PORT/remote?action=NOTIFICATION& notification=PAGE_INCREMENT

Some MM Basic Operations:
http://MAGIC_MIRROR_IP:PORT/remote?action=REBOOT
http://MAGIC_MIRROR_IP:PORT/remote?action=SHUTDOWN

Some Display Operations:
http://MAGIC_MIRROR_IP:PORT80/remote?action=MONITORON
http://MAGIC_MIRROR_IP:PORT/remote?action=MONITOROFF

Hope that helps.

AxLED

bream

@AxLed
Hi, thanks for replying. That’s helpful to see spelled out.

I’m trying to hide or show the newsfeed module at the moment and trying to figure out the url to do that.

Based on your post and what I can figure out from the MMM-Remote-Control readme, I’ve tried the following, but they don’t work
http://MAGIC_MIRROR_IP:PORT/remote?action=HIDE&payload={%22name%22:%22newsfeed%22}
http://MAGIC_MIRROR_IP:PORT/remote?action=HIDE&payload=NEWSFEED
http://MAGIC_MIRROR_IP:PORT/remote?action=HIDE& notification=newsfeed

I’m obviously not interpreting the info in the readme correctly. Can you suggest a url that will hide the module?

AxLed

@bream

The link has to look like:
http://MAGIC_MIRROR_IP:PORT/remote?action=HIDE&module=module_7_newsfeed

You have to use the right module name, in my case it is “module_7_newsfeed”, you can find this out by opening your MM in your firefox browser and use F12 Button and check the HTML source, what the name of your newsfeed module is.

Hope this helps.

AxLED

bream

@axled said in Sending notifications from python to MM:

You have to use the right module name, in my case it is “module_7_newsfeed”, you can find this out by opening your MM in your firefox browser and use F12 Button and check the HTML source, what the name of your newsfeed module is.

It does - the buttons work as required now. Thank you
So that looks like it’s the position of the module in the config file so it’ll remain static unless I change the config for some reason.
I really appreciate that. Thanks again.

cyberdie

And how to trigger an alert from python or bash (curl)?
Is possible to show an image in the alert popup?

bream

@cyberdie
From python, the following will result in an alert

>>> import requests
>>> url = 'http://MAGIC_MIRROR_IP:PORT/remote?action=SHOW_ALERT&title="This is the title"&message="And this is the message"'
>>> requests.get(url)

I can’t answer as to how you’d place an image within the alert though

cyberdie

Thanks @bream !