That did it! Amazing thank you!

That did it! Amazing thank you!

Hi MichMich,
Thank you for continuing to work with me on this matter. Here is the config file:

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 */
var config = {
    port: 8080,

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

    modules: [{
        module: "alert"
    },
            {
        module: "wuforecast",
        position: "top_right", // This can be any of the regions.
        // Best results in left or right regions.
        config: {
            // See ‘Configuration options’ for more information.
            location: "Cleveland",
            appid: "5095830b868b90bcc31affdad4911325" //wunderground.com API key.
        }
    },
            {
        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: "Cleveland",
            locationID: "4614088", //ID from bulk.openweather.org/sample/
            appid: "5095830b868b90bcc31affdad4911325"
        }
    },
            {
        module: "weatherforecast",
        position: "top_right",
        header: "Weather Forecast",
        config: {
            location: "Cleveland",
            locationID: "4614088", //ID from bulk.openweather.org/sample/
            appid: "5095830b868b90bcc31affdad4911325"
        }
    },
            {
        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;
}

Hi MichMich- I am using the new develop branch and whatever the fix was is not working for me. I am still getting the blank black screen. I also wasn’t able to fix it with changing the naming conventions related to the language settings that worked for others.

Hi KirAsh4 -

After walking back through this setup tutorial again (https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial/) I am happy to report that I am no longer getting the error message asking about setting up a config file. Instead I now arrive at a blank black screen, absent any copy or modules. Do you know what might be causing this to occur?

Thanks KirAsh4. I am assuming that you meant to open the actual Terminal and edit the config file directly from within that environment, which is what I did with still no luck.

At this point I really don’t know what else to do. I am going to try and essentially start over from the beginning and see if I have better luck.

@strawberry-3.141 So i’ve gone back through on the Linux system and checked that OS system and sure enough, when copying and pasting from a PC (here) and to a Linux, or vice versa, these quote marks have a tendency to alter.

At any rate, the code in the config file is now in a place where everything checks out ok in both the JSHint and JSLint tools, save for the last portion beneath the final line of demarcation where it reads not to edit the lines of code.

Here the error reads:

undeclared ‘module’.
if (typeof module !== “undefined”) {
unexpected ‘typeof’. Use ‘===’ to compare directly with undefined.
if (typeof module !== “undefined”) {
undeclared 'module"
module.exports = config;

Is this why the config file ultimately won’t be recognized by my raspberry pi/magic mirror program?

That’s odd. In the actual source code I am using the double quotes, but then in your yellow block text readout is somehow reverts back to single quotes in those same instances. Is this a Javascript thing?

Thanks Strawberry, I still seem to be having some issues and receiving the same error message even after I made these edits. Any chance you could take another quick look and see if anything here seems out of place?

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
*

• By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl

• MIT Licensed.
  */
  var config = {
  port: 8080,

  language: ‘en’,
  timeFormat: 24,
  units: ‘metric’,

  modules: [{
  module: “alert”
  }, {
  module: “wuforecast”,
  position: “top_right”, // This can be any of the regions.
  // Best results in left or right regions.
  config: {
  // See ‘Configuration options’ for more information.
  location: “Cleveland”,
  appid: “5095830b868b90bcc31affdad4911325” //wunderground.com API key.
  }
  }, {
  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: “Cleveland”,
  locationID: “4614088”, //ID from bulk.openweather.org/sample/
  appid: “5095830b868b90bcc31affdad4911325”
  }
  }, {
  module: “weatherforecast”,
  position: “top_right”,
  header: “Weather Forecast”,
  config: {
  location: “Cleveland”,
  locationID: “4614088”, //ID from bulk.openweather.org/sample/
  appid: “5095830b868b90bcc31affdad4911325”
  }
  }, {
  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;
}

@MichMich
Thank you for your swift response. I did copy and paste into JSHint and the only error note I received was specific to line 74 and “one undefined variable” the ‘module’ variable.

This however is below the note exclaiming “do not edit the line below”. Should this actually read something different?

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
*

• By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl

• MIT Licensed.
  */
  var config = {
  port: 8080,

  language: ‘en’,
  timeFormat: 24,
  units: ‘metric’,

  modules: [{
  module: ‘alert’,
  }, {
  module: “wuforecast”,
  position: “top_right”, // This can be any of the regions.
  // Best results in left or right regions.
  config: {
  // See ‘Configuration options’ for more information.
  location: “France / Paris”,
  appid: “abcde12345abcde12345abcde12345ab” //wunderground.com API key.
  }
  }, {
  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 bulk.openweather.org/sample/
  appid: ‘YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY’
  }
  }, {
  module: ‘weatherforecast’,
  position: ‘top_right’,
  header: ‘Weather Forecast’,
  config: {
  location: ‘New York’,
  locationID: ‘5128581’, //ID from bulk.openweather.org/sample/
  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;
}

Hi everyone, new coder here, but despite searching this forum for a solution and essentially duplicating the exact source code, I still can’t manage to have the raspberry pi recognize my Magic Mirror config file. I’ve renamed the file, dropping the “sample”, and saved and rebooted everything, but still no luck. After attempting to load the program, I am met with the same error screen others have mentioned that asks me to create a config file. I understand that since the config file exists, there must be some sort of error within the code, but after running it through both JSLint and JSHint, I haven’t found anything to be coming back as an error. Any ideas?

The entire source code can be found below:

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 */
var config = {
    port: 8080,

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

    modules: [{
        module: 'alert',
    }, {
        module: ‘wuforecast’,
        position: ‘top_right’, // This can be any of the regions.
        // Best results in left or right regions.
        config: {
            // See ‘Configuration options’ for more information.
            location: ‘France / Paris’,
            appid: ‘abcde12345abcde12345abcde12345ab’ //wunderground.com API key.
        }
    }, {
        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 bulk.openweather.org/sample/
            appid: 'YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY'
        }
    }, {
        module: 'weatherforecast',
        position: 'top_right',
        header: 'Weather Forecast',
        config: {
            location: 'New York',
            locationID: '5128581', //ID from bulk.openweather.org/sample/
            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;
}

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