MMM-News-QR

Create a QR code of the news which is currently showing in the default Newsfeed module.

Thanks to Eugen for the inspiration of this module and the prework with your module MMM-QRCode.

Screenshot

Installation

Open up your terminal and simply paste the following code:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules
git clone https://github.com/nischi/MMM-News-QR
cd MMM-News-QR
npm install

Update

Go to the module’s folder inside your MagicMirror's module folder and pull the latest version:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-News-QR
git pull
npm install

Configuration

To use this module, add the configuration example to the modules array in the config/config.js file:

Configuration example

    {
      module: "MMM-News-QR",
      position: "top_right",
      config: {
        updateType: "push",
        interval: 2000,         // Interval to check the news (only needed if updateType is polling)
        animationSpeed: 2500,   // Animation between change
        colorDark: "#fff",      // Color of the code
        colorLight: "#000",     // Background color
        imageSize: 150          // Size of the code
      }
    },

Configuration options

Config	Description
updateType	Possible values are polling and push. Please make sure your newsfeed module has broadcastNewsFeeds activated. Default value: push
interval	If you set updateType to polling you need to set the interval of get the newsfeed information Default value: 2000
animationSpeed	Animation speed between change Default value: 2500
colorDark	Color of the code Default value: #fff
colorLight	Background color Default value: #000
imageSize	Size of the QR code in px Default value: 150

Troubleshooting

Please check the QR code to see if it represents the correct URL. If localhost:8080/cors?url=” or something similar appears before the actual URL try to set useCorsProxy to false in your newsfeed config. Like this:

    {
      module: "newsfeed",
      position: "top_right",
      config: {
        feeds: [
          {
            title: "tagesschau.de",
            url: "https://www.tagesschau.de/xml/rss2/",
            useCorsProxy: false
          }
        ]
      }
    },