MMM-quote-of-the-day

Module to get a random quote from various authorship.

This module is based on the Forismatic API. Quotes are only available in English but they can be translated on the fly in the language of your choice. The translation is based on the Google API. The quote is renewed following a configurable update interval.

Installation

Clone this repo into ~/MagicMirror/modules directory. Then move in the folder and install required libraries

cd MMM-quote-of-the-day
npm install

Configure your ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js:

{
    module: "MMM-quote-of-the-day",
    position: "lower_third",
    config: {
        language: "en",
        updateInterval: "1d"
	}
}

Configuration option

Example of updateInterval:

• 1d: update the quote every day
• 4h: update the quote every 4 hours
• 30m: update the quote every 30 minutes

External control

From my module by using internal notification

You can send notification to this module via your own module. by using the sendNotification method.

Update the quote from my module:

this.sendNotification("QUOTE-OF-THE-DAY", "getNewQuote")

From MM API

To get a new quote from the API. Send a POST request to the /quote-of-the-day URI of your Magic Mirror

Curl example:

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"notification":"QUOTE-OF-THE-DAY", "payload": "getNewQuote"}' http://localhost:8080/quote-of-the-day

From Kalliope

Here is an example of usage via Kalliope assistant

  - name: "new-quote"
    signals:
        - order: "give me a new quote"
    neurons:
        - magic_mirror:
            mm_url: "http://127.0.0.1:8080/kalliope"
            notification: "QUOTE-OF-THE-DAY"
            payload: "getNewQuote"
        - say:
            message: "here is a new quote"

See an example video here.