MMM-Canteen

MMM-Canteen is a module for the MagicMirror² project.

It shows the the menu including the prices of canteens from universities in Germany and Switzerland (based on openmensa.org).

Screenshots

Example of a canteen in Halle with veggie information

Example of a canteen in Leipzig without veggie information

Installation

Just clone the module into your modules directory of your MagicMirror² and execute npm ci in the module’s directory:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules
git clone https://github.com/KristjanESPERANTO/MMM-Canteen/
cd MMM-Canteen
npm ci

Configuration

To use this module, add it to the config.js file. Here is an example:

{
  module: "MMM-Canteen",
  position: "bottom_center",
  config: {
    canteenName: "Mensa am Park",
    canteen: 63,
    status: "employees",
    switchTime: "15:00",
    showVeggieColumn: true
  }
},

It is also possible to add multiple instances. Here is a simple example:

{
  module: "MMM-Canteen",
  position: "right",
  config: {
    canteenName: "Mensa 1",
    canteen: 240
  }
},
{
  module: "MMM-Canteen",
  position: "right",
  config: {
    canteenName: "Mensa 2",
    canteen: 241,
  }
},

Configuration options

Option	Description	Type	Default
updateInterval	Interval to update data	Integer	10 * 60 * 1000 (= 10 minutes)
canteen	ID from the openmensa.org url	Integer	63 (= Mensa am Park, Uni Leipzig)
status	Your status Possible values: "employees", "students", "pupils", "others"	String	"employees"
truncate	Truncate more than x letters	Integer	100
canteenName	Name of the canteen	String	"Kantine"
switchTime	Shows the menu from next day, if switchTime < now	Timestamp (HH:mm)	"16:00"
animationSpeed	Speed of the update animation (in milliseconds). If you don't want that the module blinks during an update, set the value to 0. Possible values: 0 - 5000	Integer	500
showVeggieColumn	Show Veggie Column or not	Boolean	true
debug	Debugging	Boolean	false

Update

Go to the module’s directory and pull the latest version from GitHub and install:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Canteen
git pull
npm ci

Special Thanks

• Michael Teeuw for creating the inspiring project MagicMirror².
• k-0 for initiating this module. Since he does not react to Pull Requests, I continue to maintain the module as a fork here.
• The great community of MagicMirror² that keeps this impressive project alive and permanently improves it.
• All contributors for finding and fixing errors in this module.

Contributing

If you find any problems, bugs or have questions, please open a GitHub issue in this repository.

Pull requests are of course also very welcome 🙂

Developer commands

• npm run lint - Run linting and formatter checks.
• npm run lint:fix - Fix linting and formatter issues.
• npm run test - Run linting and formatter checks + run spelling check.
• npm run test:spelling - Run spelling check.