MMM-Dublin-Bus

Magic Mirror Module - Dublin Bus

This an extension for the MagicMirror. It displays bus times for a configurable stop. This uses the Dublin Bus API, therefor is only useful within Dublin, Ireland. Warning when using this module. There may be API rate limiting in place as it is a free to use API.

Installation

• Navigate into your MagicMirror's modules folder and execute git clone https://github.com/dr4ke616/MMM-Dublin-Bus.git.
• Install the dependancies with npm install
• Configure the module as mentioned below.
• Start magic mirror

Using the module

This module can display times either through Magic Mirror's Dom tree or through using Magic Mirror's alert module. It can started or stopped using Magic Mirror's internal notification system, enabling the ability for other modules to control when it reads off Dublin Bus' API. The two notifications MMM-Dublin-Bus will listen to are DUBLIN_BUS_START and DUBLIN_BUS_STOP.

Once installed, to use it add it to the modules array in the config/config.js file:

modules: [
    {
        module: 'MMM-Dublin-Bus',
        config: {
            stopNumber: <LOCAL_STOP_NUMBER>,
            mode: "dom"
            // See 'Configuration options' for more information.
        }
    }
]

Configuration Options

The following properties can be configured, as well as any of the default Magic Mirror configuration settings.

Option	Default	Description
mode	dom	The options supported are either dom or alert. This sets how the bus times are to be displayed. In alert mode all times are displayed using Magic-Mirror's notification system. In dom mode it is displayed on the main screen
stopNumber	No default value	Stop numbers can be found on the Dublin Bus Route Planner
updateInterval	10000	An int value to set the API polling interval in seconds