This extension module for the Magic Mirror allows you to show information from any JSON on your mirror using an HTTP Request to an REST API. The module supports multiple instances to e.g. display values from different sources.
- (1) Clone this repository in your
modulesfolder, and install dependencies:
cd ~/MagicMirror/modules # adapt directory if you are using a different one
git clone https://github.com/c-klinger/MMM-JsonValue.git
cd MMM-JsonValue
npm install- (2) Add the module to your
config/config.jsfile. The default configuration displays a random quote using quotable.io.
{
module: "MMM-JsonValue",
position: "top_left",
config: {
apiBase: 'https://api.quotable.io/random',
method: "GET",
title: "MM API TEST", // Widget Title, set to null if not needed
icon: "fa-quote-right", // Font Awesome icon, displayed before any text, set to null if not needed
prefix: "Quote: \"", // Text displayed before the value, can be a blank String ""
suffix: "\" (from https://api.quotable.io/random)", // Text displayed after the value, can be a blank String ""
jsonPath: "content", // value in the json to display, the module use https://github.com/dchester/jsonpath for parsing. You don't need leading $. in your path.
refreshInterval: 1000 * 60, // refresh every minute
//skipPadding: true, // yo can un-comment this line if you want to display a related value below; using a second instance.
}
},Update this module by navigating into its folder on the command line and using git pull:
cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-JsonValue # adapt directory if you are using a different one
git pull
npm install # install (new) dependencies