A MagicMirror module that displays random Wikipedia snippets. It's a trimmed down version of Qwiki. The module uses the free Wikipedia api.

Using the module

To use this module,

• Clone the repo in the modules directory:

git clone https://github.com/mihairinzis/MMM-wiki

• Add it to the modules array in the config/config.js file.

copy this to your config.js

"modules": [{
    module: "MMM-wiki",
    position: "bottom",
    config: {
        updateInterval: 30000,
        language: "en",
        characterLimit: 500,
        category: "DidYouKnow",
        badTitles: [
            "Graphical",
            "timeline",
            "List"
        ],
        badContents: [
            "This article",
            "See also",
            "redirects here",
            "The following outline",
            "may refer to"
        ],
    }
}]

Configuration options

The following properties can be configured:

Option	Description
updateInterval	How often do the articles change? (Milliseconds) Default value: 30000.
language	The language of the articles. Default value: en.
characterLimit	The maximum number of characters that will be displayed. Default value: 500.
category	If category is set to "DidYouKnow" then the module will show random 'did you know?' items from Wikipedia. Otherwise it will show random articles. Currently did you know? only works for the English language. Default value: undefined.
badTitles	Articles with the given keywords in the title will be omitted. Default value: [Graphical, timeline, List].
badContents	Articles with the given keywords in the content will be omitted. Default value: [This article, See also, redirects here, The following outline, may refer to].