syntax errors

Egnos

Hi guys,
I’m a beginner and I’m setting up the module MMM-AssistantMk2 but I don’t know why if I add this two configuration:

record: { // Full values are in FOR EXPERTS section.
recordProgram: “arecord”, // Defaults to “arecord” - also supports “rec” and “sox”
device: null // recording device (e.g.: “plughw:1”)

play: { // Full values are in FOR EXPERTS section.
playProgram: “mpg321”, // recommended.

the MM show me: WARNING! Could not validate config file. Please correct syntax errors. Starting with default configuration.

Where am I wrong?
I attach my config.js

Thanks everyone.

[0_1546719570197_config.js](Caricamento 100%)

idoodler

@egnos Please show us the full config.js file and mark it as Code by selecting the whole content of the file and click on the </> button.

You can find a markdown tutorial here: https://commonmark.org/help/

sdetweil

Change directory to tests/configs
And run

Node config_check.js

Egnos

Sorry, the config.js below:

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 *
 * For more information how you can configurate this file
 * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration
 *
 */

var config = {
	address: "localhost", // Address to listen on, can be:
	                      // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
	                      // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
	                      // - "", "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
	                      // Default, when address config is left out, is "localhost"
	port: 8080,
	ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
	                                                       // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
	                                                       // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],

	language: "en",
	timeFormat: 24,
	units: "metric",

	modules: [
		{
		  module: "MMM-AssistantMk2",
		  position: "top_right",
		  config: {
		    deviceLocation: {
					coordinates: { // set the latitude and longitude of the device to get localized information like weather or time. (ref. mygeoposition.com)
					latitude: 45.200049, // -90.0 - +90.0
					longitude: 7.568917, // -180.0 - +180.0					
			
			profiles: {
				"default" : { // profile name.
				profileFile: "default.json", // profile file name.
				lang: "it-IT"
				//currently available (estimation, not all tested):
				//  de-DE, en-AU, en-CA, en-GB, en-US, en-IN
				// fr-CA, fr-FR, it-IT, ja-JP, es-ES, es-MX, ko-KR, pt-BR
				// https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/reference/rpc/languages
				
			record: { // Full values are in `FOR EXPERTS` section.
				recordProgram: "arecord",  // Defaults to "arecord" - also supports "rec" and "sox"
				device: null        // recording device (e.g.: "plughw:1")
			
			play: { // Full values are in `FOR EXPERTS` section.
				playProgram: "mpg321", // recommended.
											}
										}
								 	}
								 }
							}		  
					  }
				}
        },
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "US Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check-o ",
						url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics"
					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},
		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				location: "New York",
				locationID: "",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "New York",
				locationID: "5128581",  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
				appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title: "New York Times",
						url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				showPublishDate: true
			}
		},
	]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

Thanks.

ganget

Heey i just check your config file and found that there are some differences compared to the config in the readme file. Something i noticed is to check if there is a }, after each { . Example

{
  module: "MMM-AssistantMk2",
  position: "top_right",
  config: {
deviceLocation: {
      coordinates: { // set the latitude and longitude of the device to get localized information like weather or time. (ref. mygeoposition.com)
        latitude: 45.200049, // -90.0 - +90.0
        longitude: 7.568917, // -180.0 - +180.0
      },
    },

there is twice }, at the end to close both the {
Can you check for me if this works?

{
  module: "MMM-AssistantMk2",
  position: "top_right",
  config: {

    // --- ESSENTIALS / modifying for your environment might be needed.


    deviceLocation: {
      coordinates: { // set the latitude and longitude of the device to get localized information like weather or time. (ref. mygeoposition.com)
        latitude: 45.200049, // -90.0 - +90.0
		longitude: 7.568917, // -180.0 - +180.0	
      },
    },

    defaultProfile: "default", // If you have several profiles and want to set one of them as default profile, describe here.

    profiles: {
      "default" : { // profile name.
        profileFile: "default.json", // profile file name.
        lang: "it-IT"
        //currently available (estimation, not all tested):
        //  de-DE, en-AU, en-CA, en-GB, en-US, en-IN
        // fr-CA, fr-FR, it-IT, ja-JP, es-ES, es-MX, ko-KR, pt-BR
        // https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/reference/rpc/languages
        },
    },

    record: { // Full values are in `FOR EXPERTS` section.
      recordProgram: "arecord",  // Defaults to "arecord" - also supports "rec" and "sox"
      device: null        // recording device (e.g.: "plughw:1")
    },

    play: { // Full values are in `FOR EXPERTS` section.
      playProgram: "mpg321", // recommended.
    },
},
},

Egnos

Sorry @ganget, but I’m not sure that the configuration you propose can work, because after opening a “{” is closed with a “},” and the “},” is used only for the closure of the entire module and not the single configurations. Correct?

Is it possible that the problem is on the comma after “mpg321”?

play: { // Full values are in `FOR EXPERTS` section.
      playProgram: "mpg321", // recommended.

Thank you all!

sdetweil

from the MM folder run

node tests/configs/check_config.js

find and fix all errors, starting from the top of the list

yawns

@ganget is right, your { } are mixed up.

This passes the test on jshint.com

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 *
 * For more information how you can configurate this file
 * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration
 *
 */

var config = {
	address: "localhost", // Address to listen on, can be:
	                      // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
	                      // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
	                      // - "", "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
	                      // Default, when address config is left out, is "localhost"
	port: 8080,
	ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
	                                                       // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
	                                                       // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],

	language: "en",
	timeFormat: 24,
	units: "metric",

	modules: [
		{
		  module: "MMM-AssistantMk2",
		  position: "top_right",
		  config: {
		    deviceLocation: {
					coordinates: { // set the latitude and longitude of the device to get localized information like weather or time. (ref. mygeoposition.com)
					latitude: 45.200049, // -90.0 - +90.0
					longitude: 7.568917, // -180.0 - +180.0					
          },
        },
			profiles: {
				"default" : { // profile name.
				profileFile: "default.json", // profile file name.
				lang: "it-IT",
				//currently available (estimation, not all tested):
				//  de-DE, en-AU, en-CA, en-GB, en-US, en-IN
				// fr-CA, fr-FR, it-IT, ja-JP, es-ES, es-MX, ko-KR, pt-BR
				// https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/reference/rpc/languages
				}
        },
			record: { // Full values are in `FOR EXPERTS` section.
				recordProgram: "arecord",  // Defaults to "arecord" - also supports "rec" and "sox"
				device: null        // recording device (e.g.: "plughw:1")
      },
			play: { // Full values are in `FOR EXPERTS` section.
				playProgram: "mpg321", // recommended.
			}        
      }
        },
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "US Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check-o ",
						url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics"
					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},
		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				location: "New York",
				locationID: "",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "New York",
				locationID: "5128581",  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
				appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title: "New York Times",
						url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				showPublishDate: true
			}
		},
	]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

Also, if you look at the readme for this module configuration you notice the { } need to be set different.

Egnos

@sdetweil said in syntax errors:

from the MM folder run

node tests/configs/check_config.js

find and fix all errors, starting from the top of the list

Thanks, as soon possible I will try this command.

Ok thanks @ganget, but I do not understand why if I remove the comma of the “}” referring to “play” the configuration does not give problems but if I remove the comma from the “}” referring to “record” it goes into error…

	record: { // Full values are in `FOR EXPERTS` section.
			recordProgram: "arecord",  // Defaults to "arecord" - also supports "rec" and "sox"
			device: null        // recording device (e.g.: "plughw:1")
  },
		play: { // Full values are in `FOR EXPERTS` section.
			playProgram: "mpg321", // recommended.
		}

Sorry for the banalities … but I’m a beginner.:smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

sdetweil

@egnos comma is continuation… its ok to have an EXTRA , after the play group,… it is NOT ok to have a missing , between things

ganget

@egnos As @sdetweil already stated the comma’s are for showing the code that there is more to run after the line. It is no problem to have a extra comma at the end. But if you don’t put a comma the code doesn’t run further and gives you a syntax error. The {} are for making a object in JS, if you don’t close the object with a } you will also get a syntax error.