Magic-Mirror-on-the-Wall

The UI for my Raspberry Pi magic mirror build

Requirements

Node (Suggested v21.6.1)

• https://nodejs.org/en/download/ NPM (Suggested v10.2.4) Electron (Suggested v6.0.3)
• npm install electron -g

API Keys:

1. Go to the following websites and request an API key:
   • AccuWeather
   • NewsAPI
   • IpInfoAPI
2. The file config/index.example.js has been provided as a template for saving your API keys without exposing them. Copy and paste in your API key, then change the name of the file to index.js and save.
   • Recommended: In addition, save your API keys in a safe place for reference.

Open With a Script

(IN PROGRESS) In terminal from the main directory of this software, you may run

bash start-app.sh

Running Servers

Open three tabs on your terminal. Tab 1:

npm install 
npm start

Tab 2:

npm run build

Tab 3:

npm run electron

Overview

This is the UI for my Magic Mirror, powered by a Raspberry Pi. This is a UI built to:

• Display the weather with custom icons (made by ME!)
• Display the time and date
• Six recent news headlines
• And, most importantly, a random dad joke