<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi having issues when i add MMM-GooglePhotos to my config file. I just keep getting the config screen. once i remove the code it works again thanks for any help given.</p>
<pre><code>/* 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 --&gt; 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: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "US Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics"
					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},
{
  module: "MMM-GooglePhotos",
  position: "top_right",
  config: {
    albumId: ["MY CODE ***********************************************"] // your album id(s) from result of `auth_and_test.js`
    refreshInterval: 1000*60,  
    scanInterval: 1000*60*10, // too many scans might cause API quota limit also.
    //note(2018-07-29). It is some weird. API documents said temporal image url would live for 1 hour, but it might be broken shorter. So, per 10 min scanning could prevent dead url.

    sort: "time", //'time', 'reverse', 'random'
    showWidth: "800px", // how large the photo will be shown as. (e.g;'100%' for fullscreen)
    showHeight: "600px",
    originalWidthPx: 800, // original size of loaded image. (related with image quality)
    originalHeightPx: 600, // Bigger size gives you better quality, but can give you network burden.
    mode: "hybrid", // "cover" or "contain" (https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_background-size.asp)
    //ADDED. "hybrid" : if you set as "hybrid" it will change "cover" and "contain" automatically by aspect ratio.
  }
},
		{
			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;}

</code></pre>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/9422/config-file-not-working-when-i-add-mmm-googlephotos</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 21:54:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/9422.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:30:17 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Mon, 21 Sep 2020 22:51:32 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/videogame95" aria-label="Profile: videogame95">@<bdi>videogame95</bdi></a> I still want an install.log from the scripted install, and whatever the errors were for ga …</p>
<p dir="auto">so I can fix for the future</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82179</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82179</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2020 22:51:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Mon, 21 Sep 2020 22:42:53 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi got my Google photos  to load instead of in<br />
Stalling the magicmirror script with auto script<br />
I used manual install script to install magicmirror<br />
Then it all worked .<br />
Hope this helps<br />
I keep old sd card and started fresh install,on a new sd card.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82178</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82178</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[videogame95]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2020 22:42:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Sat, 12 Sep 2020 10:18:14 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I am simula issues try moving all bracks in line tab across and position<br />
I still get no photo just complement time date came up. I must go<br />
Keep trying l am sure we will get there in the end.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/81627</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/81627</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[videogame95]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2020 10:18:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:23:08 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/paddyhughes" aria-label="Profile: paddyhughes">@<bdi>paddyhughes</bdi></a> said in <a href="/post/49548">Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sdetweil" aria-label="Profile: sdetweil">@<bdi>sdetweil</bdi></a> Thanks</p>
<p dir="auto">Went true it and fixed the issues [MY CODE *************             ]<br />
needed to be removed</p>
<p dir="auto">Working Config for MMM-Googlephotos</p>
<pre><code>{
  module: "MMM-GooglePhotos",
  position: "top_right",
  config: {
    albumId: "MY CODE ******************************", // your album id from result of `auth_and_test.js`
    refreshInterval: 1000*60,
    scanInterval: 1000*60*10, // too many scans might cause API quota limit also.
    //note(2018-07-29). It is some weird. API documents said temporal image url would live for 1 hour, but it might be broken shorter. So, per 10 min scanning could prevent dead url.

    sort: "time", //'time', 'reverse', 'random'
    showWidth: "800px", // how large the photo will be shown as. (e.g;'100%' for fullscreen)
    showHeight: "600px",
    originalWidthPx: 800, // original size of loaded image. (related with image quality)
    originalHeightPx: 600, // Bigger size gives you better quality, but can give you network burden.
    mode: "cover", // "cover" or "contain" (https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_background-size.asp)
  }
},

```I think you. Would need to changing screen size it mite make a difference if</code></pre>
</blockquote>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/81569</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/81569</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[videogame95]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:23:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:18:27 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/paddyhughes" aria-label="Profile: paddyhughes">@<bdi>paddyhughes</bdi></a></p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/81568</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/81568</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[videogame95]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:18:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Thu, 10 Sep 2020 22:33:21 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/paddyhughes" aria-label="Profile: paddyhughes">@<bdi>paddyhughes</bdi></a><br />
</p><div class="plugin-markdown"><input type="checkbox" />only leave in " "</div><br />
its all been update now .<p></p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/81554</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/81554</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[videogame95]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 22:33:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Sun, 06 Jan 2019 19:51:26 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sdetweil" aria-label="Profile: sdetweil">@<bdi>sdetweil</bdi></a> Thanks</p>
<p dir="auto">Went true it and fixed the issues [MY CODE *************             ]<br />
needed to be removed</p>
<p dir="auto">Working Config for MMM-Googlephotos</p>
<pre><code>{
  module: "MMM-GooglePhotos",
  position: "top_right",
  config: {
    albumId: "MY CODE ******************************", // your album id from result of `auth_and_test.js`
    refreshInterval: 1000*60,
    scanInterval: 1000*60*10, // too many scans might cause API quota limit also.
    //note(2018-07-29). It is some weird. API documents said temporal image url would live for 1 hour, but it might be broken shorter. So, per 10 min scanning could prevent dead url.

    sort: "time", //'time', 'reverse', 'random'
    showWidth: "800px", // how large the photo will be shown as. (e.g;'100%' for fullscreen)
    showHeight: "600px",
    originalWidthPx: 800, // original size of loaded image. (related with image quality)
    originalHeightPx: 600, // Bigger size gives you better quality, but can give you network burden.
    mode: "cover", // "cover" or "contain" (https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_background-size.asp)
  }
},

</code></pre>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49548</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49548</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[paddyhughes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 19:51:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Sun, 06 Jan 2019 19:41:06 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Start at the first error, fix and try again</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49544</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49544</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 19:41:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Sun, 06 Jan 2019 19:10:34 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sdetweil" aria-label="Profile: sdetweil">@<bdi>sdetweil</bdi></a> Line 61 col 149 Unclosed string.<br />
Line 62 col 32 Unclosed string.<br />
Line 63 col 82 Unclosed string.<br />
Line 64 col 183 Unclosed string.<br />
Line 65 col 1 Unclosed string.<br />
Line 66 col 48 Unclosed string.<br />
Line 67 col 17 Unexpected ‘8’.<br />
Line 60 col 3 Expected ‘}’ to match ‘{’ from line 57 and instead saw ‘config’.<br />
Line 60 col 9 Expected ‘]’ to match ‘[’ from line 28 and instead saw ‘:’.<br />
Line 60 col 11 Expected ‘}’ to match ‘{’ from line 11 and instead saw ‘{’.<br />
Line 60 col 12 Missing semicolon.<br />
Line 61 col 14 Label ‘albumId’ on [ statement.<br />
Line 66 col 12 Expected ‘]’ to match ‘[’ from line 61 and instead saw ‘time’.<br />
Line 66 col 12 Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression.<br />
Line 66 col 16 Missing semicolon.<br />
Line 67 col 1 Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression.<br />
Line 67 col 17 Missing semicolon.<br />
Line 68 col 17 Label ‘showHeight’ on 600px statement.<br />
Line 69 col 5 Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression.<br />
Line 69 col 20 Missing semicolon.<br />
Line 69 col 5 Unrecoverable syntax error. (72% scanned).</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49536</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49536</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[paddyhughes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 19:10:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Sun, 06 Jan 2019 18:40:15 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Inside the mm folder is the tests folder, etc</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49531</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49531</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 18:40:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Sun, 06 Jan 2019 18:34:00 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sdetweil" aria-label="Profile: sdetweil">@<bdi>sdetweil</bdi></a> said in <a href="/post/49526">Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/paddyhughes" aria-label="Profile: paddyhughes">@<bdi>paddyhughes</bdi></a> change to tests/configs folder and run</p>
<p dir="auto">node check_config.js</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Not sure what the tests/configs folder is. Do you want me to back up the folder and run node check_config.js</p>
<p dir="auto">Sorry about this and thanks for your help</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49530</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49530</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[paddyhughes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 18:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Sun, 06 Jan 2019 18:16:11 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/paddyhughes" aria-label="Profile: paddyhughes">@<bdi>paddyhughes</bdi></a> change to tests/configs folder and run</p>
<p dir="auto">node check_config.js</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49526</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49526</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 18:16:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Sun, 06 Jan 2019 18:11:10 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sdetweil" aria-label="Profile: sdetweil">@<bdi>sdetweil</bdi></a> sorry yep i did that once i notice the issue were i placed still the same</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49525</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49525</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[paddyhughes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 18:11:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Sun, 06 Jan 2019 17:17:36 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">At the end of the line, after ]<br />
Not after :</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49512</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49512</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 17:17:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Sun, 06 Jan 2019 16:05:43 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi sdetweil<br />
still the same issue</p>
<pre><code>/* 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 --&gt; 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: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "US Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check",
						url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics"
					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},
{
  module: "MMM-GooglePhotos",
  position: "top_right",
  config: {
    albumId:, ["MY CODE  ************************************"] // your album id(s) from result of `auth_and_test.js`
    refreshInterval: 1000*60,  
    scanInterval: 1000*60*10, // too many scans might cause API quota limit also.
    //note(2018-07-29). It is some weird. API documents said temporal image url would live for 1 hour, but it might be broken shorter. So, per 10 min scanning could prevent dead url.

    sort: "time", //'time', 'reverse', 'random’
    showWidth: "800px", // how large the photo will be shown as. (e.g;'100%' for fullscreen)
    showHeight: "600px",
    originalWidthPx: 800, // original size of loaded image. (related with image quality)
    originalHeightPx: 600, // Bigger size gives you better quality, but can give you network burden.
    mode: "hybrid", // "cover" or "contain" (https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_background-size.asp)
    //ADDED. "hybrid" : if you set as "hybrid" it will change "cover" and "contain" automatically by aspect ratio.
  }
},
		{
			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;}

</code></pre>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49498</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/49498</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[paddyhughes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 16:05:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Config file not working when i add MMM-GooglePhotos on Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:55:15 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/paddyhughes" aria-label="Profile: paddyhughes">@<bdi>paddyhughes</bdi></a> no comma after albumid</p>
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