how to pull new element added to an array?

justjim1220

 start: function () {
        Log.info("Starting module: " + this.name);

        // Set locale.
        moment.locale(config.language);

        this.newsItems = [];
        this.loaded = false;
        this.activeItem = 0;
        this.scrollPosition = 0;

        this.registerFeeds();

		"use strict";

        this.isShowingDescription = this.config.showDescription;
    },

justjim1220

@sdetweil

this is the default MM newsfeed, I am trying to modify it to show different things.

justjim1220

@sdetweil

My last modification was this…

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/assets/uploads/files/1539306174825-screenshot-140.png

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/assets/uploads/files/1539306174825-screenshot-141.png

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/assets/uploads/files/1539306174825-screenshot-142.png

sdetweil

@justjim1220 the problem is that the newsItems array is set from the rest api to pull the entries from the source. THAT data does NOT contain the icon you want to use.

your feed DEFINITION does , but not the feed response data…

so, can u tell from an item which ‘feeds’ entry caused this entry to be in the data? (ie, tell its source)… and can you search the feeds to locate the feed definition from any data in the item?

once u can do that, then u can use the feed entry icon

justjim1220

@sdetweil

Not quite sure I am following you correctly…
Do you mean to pull the icon from the feeds source? the website?

justjim1220

@sdetweil

ok, so how would I be able to use the corresponding icons/images for the active feed showing if there isn’t any icon data in the rest API?

sdetweil

@justjim1220 you have to match up the feed definition (feeds array) with the element in the source response (newsItems array) somehow

the source does not send the icon back

justjim1220

@sdetweil

that’s because I don’t think the source has an icon to pull from it.

So, is there a way to put the icons in an image folder in the newsfeed directory and pull from there for each corresponding newsfeed?

justjim1220

@sdetweil

this is how I was able to modify the code to show a single icon and to get it to scroll across the screen

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/assets/uploads/files/1539381868184-screenshot-146.png

sdetweil

right… you hard coded it…